Author | Harry N. MacLean |
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Language | English |
Genre | True crime |
Published | 1988 Harper and Row 2012 Crime Rant Classics (e-book with updates) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print and e-book |
Pages | 342 (print) 428 (e-book) |
ISBN | 0-06-015876-X |
OCLC | 17652068 |
364.1/5/09778124 | |
LC Class | HV6534.S55 M33 1988 |
e-book ASIN B008J7CNGU |
In Broad Daylight is a 1988 true crime book by award-winning writer Harry N. MacLean,[1] detailing the killing of town bully Ken Rex McElroy in 1981 in Skidmore, Missouri. The book won an Edgar Award for best true crime writing in 1989, was a New York Times bestseller for 12 weeks (charting at number 2) and was adapted into a television movie of the same name. The book was reissued in 2007 by St. Martin's Press with a new epilogue.