EDMONTON — The Devil’s Cinema, my forthcoming non-fiction book detailing the Mark Twitchell case and trial, has received its first review.
Journalist and author Robert Remington read an early draft of the manuscript and has come back with the following critique:
“A detailed, well-constructed account of a diabolical real-life Dexter. Lillebuen has written a riveting, true crime page-turner about aspiring filmmaker Mark Twitchell, who turned his obsession with fantasy into horrible reality.”
Remington is a senior writer and columnist at the Calgary Herald, and his long career in journalism has taken him across Europe, Pakistan, and East Africa.
But he’s probably better-known as the co-author of Runaway Devil.
His book, a national best-seller, is a true crime examination of another major criminal case and trial from Alberta — the story of a 12-year-old girl who was convicted of murdering her entire family.
It means a lot to have such early praise from a fellow non-fiction author. Hopefully there will be more to come.
The Devil’s Cinema is still slated for a February release across Canada and the USA, though pre-orders are available.
[Update Jan. 15/2012]: The release date has been moved to March 27. Book tour to follow.
EDMONTON — The fifth estate’s “Murder, He Wrote” has been posted online for those who missed the episode on the Mark Twitchell “Dexter” case and trial.
The full episode is about 45 minutes (without ad breaks) and it was narrated by the CBC’s Bob McKeown.
EDMONTON — The CBC’s the fifth estate is running “Murder, He Wrote,” its version of the Mark Twitchell “Dexter” case and trial, tonight on television.
The program will be repeated over the weekend as well.
And for those who are interested in this case, my forthcoming true crime book, The Devil’s Cinema, is now available for pre-order (hardcover and eBook):
EDMONTON — If you missed Dateline NBC on Friday night, my forthcoming true crime book on the Mark Twitchell “Dexter” case was featured during the two-hour special, titled “Deadly House of Cards.”
My interview on the program focused on explaining the criminal trial, a month-long process that ended in April 2011.
Below is the two-hour Dateline special. Each section should auto-load:
The program is reported to have won the nightly US television ratings battle with 5.44 million viewers.
And there’s obviously far more to be told of this true crime story when my book, The Devil’s Cinema, is released in February across Canada and the USA in hardcover and as an eBook (pre-orders available).
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