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The Annie Le story is now available in paperback

By 22 June 2010 6 Comments

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Here’s one book to keep safely away from your summer reading list.  Murder at Yale: The True Story of a Beautiful Grad Student and a Cold Blooded Crime tells the TRUE Annie Le story in every gruesome and exaggerated detail (with a Yale font cover design!).  If you don’t get the gist, just listen to this description of Annie Le from the book preview:

Annie Le seemed to have it all. A beautiful graduate student at one of the world’s most prestigious universities, she was also deeply in love. But just days before she was set to get married, Annie went mysteriously missing…and her fiancé started to fear the worst.

Author Stella Sands couldn’t even wait to let the trial finish before penning a book about Annie Le’s murder (the trial will continue until at least July 27th).  What uncovered mysteries will Stella miss?  The book isn’t all too surprising given her previous books, including Baby-Faced Butchers (the true story of 15-year-olds who stabbed a man to death in Central Park) and Behind the Mask (the true story of a librarian who bludgeoned a wife and a girlfriend to death).

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  • The BEST part is that she’s also a children’s magazine editor AND a mediocre playwright!

    “Stella Sands is Executive Editor of Kids Discover, an award-winning magazine with over 400,000 subscribers geared to children 7 to 12 years old. She is author of two true crime books, Behind the Mask—available from St. Martin’s Press True Crime Library—and Baby-faced Butchers, as well as other works including Odyssea and Natural Disasters. Her plays, Lou Passin’ Through, Black-eyed Peas, and E-me, have been produced in Off-Off Broadway theaters in New York City.”

    n at 9:10 am on June 23rd 2010

  • What do I think?

    Well, I have followed this story every day since Annie went missing. Every day I google her name in hopes to learn something new about the wonderfully bright and beautiful woman we lost as a society. A book, which could not have been written about facts of what happened (since only Annie and rc3 were in that room) would be speculation at best. “Suspenseful” reading, maybe. So, with a cover which bears his face are we to simply assume the author did some research about what an ugly monster he is and was in the past?
    To me, it appears to be a book of BS which no one would need to read. If the author wanted to write something worthwhile, she would have written a book about Annie. The type of person she was and how this world is a worse place without her. She could have shared the wonderful stories of Annie’s short life and begged us to try to be more like her and make this world better. But instead she chooses to tell us that evil wins over good.

    I hope that Jonathan, his family, and the Le family never have to hear the lies and horrific words which must be contained in this book. Because this book was written for sales and no other purpose (especially to reveal the truth).

    Randy at 2:59 pm on June 23rd 2010

  • Just another wannabe author trying to rush theirselves into the big money by profiting over other people’s misery. Its sad first of all the author even wrote this book. Its even sadder to publish out repetative information the world already knows just to make money. This is no surprise nor is it shocking a book like this was written. It is sad however how people in this world simply don’t give a damn about anyone anymore.

    I think the Le family should see what they can do about this. Surely they must have some say over their daughter’s name and life being used for publicity when they clearly don’t want it.

    Sigh at 4:18 pm on June 25th 2010

  • Why are we so quick to judge about this book? Maybe she has something good to say, something insightful. Books in this genre aim to tell a story, but not necessarily in a way that further violates the victim or incriminates a suspect. It seems that this book is simply a compilation of theories, giving the public the opportunity to consider the murder for themselves with all the details at their fingertips.
    We don’t condemn journalists for their reporting? In a way, this kind of writing is even more thorough than that–as it has the room to be.
    Easy does it is what I have to say. Also, don’t judge a book by its cover.

    Lena at 11:22 am on June 28th 2010

  • This book is pure falsity. If I had the chance, I’d give this so-called “author” a piece of my mind.

    -Chris Le

    Chris Le at 11:24 pm on August 16th 2010

  • Although I have not read the book, I know personally that Annie was a great person. A big heart and a generous person, I don’t know why anyone would’ve done this to her. Annie was my cousin and we will miss her dearly. Although her body has passed, her memory will continue to live on.

    I would like to thank everyone who cared for her on the behalf of my family. Your caring and concern has been at the very least heartwarming. It is incredible to know how much people care for someone they don’t know.

    -Alex Nguyen

    Alex Nguyen at 7:21 pm on October 19th 2010