Matt Birkbeck A Deadly Secret

There's a Charlotte connection. Now that there's been a confession. Will answers finally be delivered. There's more to Robert Durst than what you might assume. From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with the author and journalist that's been investigating this serial killer for 15 years. Matt Birkbeck Originally published in 2002, with two chapters added in 2012, and a new author’s note highlighting recent developments just added in 2015, A DEADLY SECRET details the search for Durst’s first wife, medical student Kathie Durst, who went missing in 1982. Eighteen years later, a New York State police investigator re-opened the probe into Kathie’s disappearance. Birkbeck, who covered the investigation for People magazine and Reader’s Digest, is the only reporter to access Durst’s NYPD files and also broke the news about other potential Durst victims. In February 2015, HBO premiered The Jinx, an exhaustive examination of the many investigations into Robert Durst. On the eve of the final episode’s broadcast—and spurred by new evidence in the docu-series—the FBI arrested Durst in New Orleans on a warrant for first-degree murder in connection with his friend Susan Berman’s 2000 killing in Los Angeles. When police searched Durst’s Texas home the week of his arrest, they found among his belongings two copies of the original edition of A DEADLY SECRET. Based on interviews with family, friends, and acquaintances of Durst, law enforcement, and others involved in the case, A DEADLY SECRET is a cross-country odyssey of stolen IDs and multiple identities that raises baffling questions about one of the country’s most prominent families—and one of its most elusive suspected killers. Since the arrest and amid the deepening mystery surrounding Durst, A DEADLY SECRET has been credited worldwide as the most comprehensive book on the Robert Durst story. Birkbeck has been featured in several media outlets, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Guardian, People, ABC’s 20/20, CNN, CBS, NBC, and HLN, among others. About the Author: Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of The Quiet Don, Deconstructing Sammy, and A Beautiful Child. His feature work has appeared in a host of publications including Reader’s Digest, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and People magazine. He has appeared on a variety of network and cable news programs, including CNN, ABC’s 20/20, NBC, CBS, and Investigation Discovery, among others