A Death in White Bear Lake - Praise for a Death in White Bear Lake

Sep 28, 2026

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A collection of notable reviews and quotations praising Barry Siegel’s nonfiction work A Death in White Bear Lake. The excerpts highlight meticulous crack research, compelling narrative structure, and restraint in letting players reveal themselves as they recount the case. Praise emphasizes suspense that remains high despite national publicity, chilling exactness and detailed reporting, and an indictment of a society that looks away, allowing a terrible act to go unpunished for years.

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Pages540

Reading Time13 h 52 min

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Praise for a Death in White Bear Lake

# A DEATH IN WHITE BEAR LAKEThe True Chronicle ofan All-American TownBARRY SIEGELWinner of the Pulitzer Prize https://archive.org/details/deathinwhitebear0000barr # PRAISE F0R A DEATH IN WHITE BEAR LAKE "Telling detail...and crack research ...[fill]Barry Siegel's book.But those are not the only authorial virtues displayed.There's thebook's very structure,which keeps the revelations coming,oneright after the next.Then too there's the restraint.Siegel lets theplayers damn themselves as they reminisce about the case...AndSiegel manages,despite the widespread national publicity the casereceived,to keep suspense high.”—The Washington Post "Fascinating reading."—Detroit Free Press "One of the most startling nonfiction books of the year."”—Playboy "Chilling in its exactness and precise in its details."” —Star News(Pasadena) "To read it is to stare steadily through the windowpane at the viciousunderside of middle-class respectability."—Omaha Metro Update "[Siegel]tells a great deal about ordinary people dealing with extraor-dinary circumstances.”—The Boston Herald "Siegel doesn’t spare the reader...emphatically indicting a societythat looks the other way."—Kirkus Reviews "This is a haunting story about ordinary people caught in a web thatallows a terrible act to go unpunished for two decades.Barry Siegel isone of the finest reporters we have.He does not stop where others do;he keeps probing deeper and deeper until he strikes gold—that placewhere we come face-to-face with ourselves.”—Sara Davidson,New York Times-bestselling author of Cowboy # A DEATH INWHITE BEAR LAKE A DEATH INWHITE BEAR LAKE BARRY SIEGEL O P E N R O A D INTEGRATED MEDIA NEW YORK All rights reserved,including without limitation the right to reproducethis book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means,whetherelectronic or mechanical,now known or hereinafter invented,without theexpress written permission of the publisher. Copyright ◎1990 by Barry Siegel Cover design by Amanda Shaffer ISBN:978-1-5040-4757-9 This edition published in 2017 by Open Road Integrated Media,Inc.180 Maiden LaneNew York,NY 10038www.openroadmedia.com To Martifor Everything

FAQs

What is Barry Siegel’s book praised for?

It is praised for crack research, a narrative structure that keeps revelations coming, and restraint in how the story unfolds through recollections.

How do the quotations describe the book’s suspense and pacing?

Reviewers note that suspense stays high even after widespread national publicity, with probing that goes deeper until key truths emerge.

What themes do the praises emphasize about society and justice?

The quotes stress the chilling precision of the details and how the book indicts a society that looked the other way, allowing the wrongdoing to go unpunished for two decades.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Noah