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I'm No Monster by Stefanie Marsh

I'm No Monster

The Horrifying True Story of Josef Fritzl

Stefanie Marsh, Bojan Pancevski

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · November 3, 2009

The true crime story that made international headlines: Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive as a sex slave, and fathered seven children with her, creating a hidden family no one knew about-not even Fritzl's own wife.

Criminals & OutlawsAbductions & Missing PersonsSexual Assault Cases
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Who it’s for
A dark, sustained true-crime read with a focus on the human wreckage around Josef Fritzl.
Genres
Sexual Assault Cases, Abductions & Missing Persons, Criminals & Outlaws
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, November 3, 2009

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About this book

The true crime story that made international headlines: Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive as a sex slave, and fathered seven children with her, creating a hidden family no one knew about-not even Fritzl's own wife.

Dark True Crime

A dark, sustained true-crime read with a focus on the human wreckage around Josef Fritzl.

Come here for

  • grim true-crime immersion
  • layered family-and-crime fallout

Expect

  • serious, unsettling material
  • a steady, absorbing narrative

Where it sits

Sexual Assault Cases52%
Criminals & Outlaws49%
Abductions & Missing Persons36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • True Crime
Authors
Stefanie Marsh, Bojan Pancevski
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
November 3, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
True Crime