The follow up to azarewicz'sharrowing eby Nie Byo ladw (Leave No Trace) depicting the case of the politicalmurder of Grzegorz Przemyk-which earned azarewicz the Nike Literary Award in 2017-Did This Hand Kill?focuses on the case of Rita Gorgonowa, a cause celebre of the interwarperiod in Poland.

Gorgonowa, a governess having an affair with her employer, was accused of brutally murdering his daughter, the 17-year-old Lusia on New Year's Eve in 1931. Despite her claims of innocence, Gorgonowa was declaredPoland's ultimate villain, and eventually convicted.

But questions remain about this case-the most notorious murder trial of the Second Polish Republic-along with questions about what exactly happened to Gorgonowa post-World War II.azarewicz revisits the crime with a contemporary lens and recreates the furor and celebrity revolving around this murder.