The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower
- ISBN-10
- 110118518X
- ISBN-13
- 9781101185186
- Category
- True Crime
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-02-02
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Robert Graysmith
Description
Marli Renfro was Janet Leigh's body double in the Hitchcock classic Psycho. When she disappeared, it was believed she was the victim of a serial killer. It was a mystery that took decades to solve-and a crime that could only have happened in Hollywood.
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