Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

di Les Standiford (Autore)

Joe Matthews (Autore)

HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2012

"Les Standiford's account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh is chilling, heartbreaking, hopeful, and as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I've ever read. A triumph in every way."--Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River"The most significant missing child case since the Lindbergh's....A taut, compelling and often touching book about a long march to justice."--Scott Turow, author of Presumed InnocentThe abduction that changed America forever, the 1981 kidnapping and murder of six-year-old Adam Walsh--son of John Walsh, host of the Fox TV series America's Most Wanted--in Hollywood, Florida, was a crime that went unsolved for a quarter of a century. Bringing Adam Home by author Les Standiford is a harrowing account of the terrible crime and its dramatic consequences, the emotional story of a father and mother's efforts to seek justice and resolve the loss of their child, and a compelling portrait of Miami Beach Homicide Detective Joe Matthews, whose unwavering dedication brought the Adam Walsh case to its resolution.

• Autore: Les Standiford, Joe Matthews
• Editore: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 203 x 139 mm
• Peso: 240 gr.
• EAN: 9780061983917

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