Shallow Grave in Trinity County

1955. California, a postwar dream. One day, walking home from school, Stephanie Bryan, a 14-year-old from Berkeley, vanishes. Three months litter her personal belongings are found in the basement of Burton Abbott, a lanky 27-year-old student who lives nearby.Harry Farrell's taut narrative hones in on the charismatic egoist Abbott -- executed for killing Stephanie without ever confessing the crime. Through interviews, research, and an eye-opening review of long-buried police files,...