Annal:1990 Gold Dagger Award for Nonfiction
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Results of the Dagger Award in the year 1990. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Gold Dagger Award for Nonfiction
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Mystery/Suspense books
- Mystery/Suspense authors.
The Passing of Starr Faithfull
- 1990 Dagger-Nonfiction winner
- Score: 10.4
In this true crime reprint, Jonathan Goodman focuses his masterful detective skills on a criminal case that has inspired several novels, among them John O’Hara’s Butterfield 8, which became a major feature film.
The discovery of Starr Faithfull’s body on a Long Island beach in 1931 prompted front-page headlines on both sides of the Atlantic as the events leading to her death unfolded: her clandestine, sordid love affairs (one with a former Boston mayor) and unconventional sex life; her misuse of drugs and bootleg alcohol; and details of her…
