Thedetachedyetpenetratingaccountofthesavageandsenselessmurderofafamily.OnNovember15,1959,inthesmalltownofHolcomb,Kansas,fourmembersoftheClutterfamilyweresavagelymurderedbyblastsfromashotgunheldafewinchesfromtheirfaces.Therewasnoapparentmotiveforthecrime,andtherewerealmostnoclues.AsTrumanCapotereconstructsthemurderandtheinvestigationthatledtothecapture,trial,andexecutionofthekillers,hegeneratesbothmesmerizingsuspenseandastonishingempathy.InColdBloodisaworkthattranscendsitsmoment,yieldingpoignantinsightsintothenatureofAmericanviolence.