Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime

How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why ? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonf…

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