"Murder in Italy, a real-life mystery as compelling and terrifying as fiction," says Femme Noir. It's the true story of Amanda Knox, the American college student convicted of killing her British roommate. Buy it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound. Take it to your book club.

Welcome. I'm the award-winning, Seattle-based author of MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the true story of Amanda Knox, the American college student convicted of murdering her British roommate in a seemingly idyllic Italian hilltop town.

This real-life Italian murder mystery grew out of my Amanda Knox seattlepi.com blog., read worldwide, I've discussed the case on CNN Headline News, Anderson Cooper 360, MSNBC, KOMO TV, KING TV and many TV and radio stations. I appear in the British documentary, "The Trials of Amanda Knox."