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Book Review of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (A Twin Peaks Book)

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (A Twin Peaks Book)
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Laura Palmer was a homecoming queen whose psychiatrist was obsessed with her. The TV series Twin Peaks, season 1, explored the investigation of her murder. Who could forget the opening episode? A logger finds Laura's nude corpse wrapped in plastic on the banks of a river outside the town of Twin Peaks, Washington. In the style of a prequel, Laura's "Diary" is written by Jennifer Lynch, the daughter of the series' creator, David Lynch. Laura opens her heart to her diary - the reader begins the precarious adventure of putting together pieces of the mystery leading up to her murder.