Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America - Softcover

Standiford, Les; Matthews, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061983918 ISBN 13: 9780061983917

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2012

Synopsis

Bringing Adam Home "Bringing Adam Home" is the definitive account of the horrifying abduction and murder of Adam Walsh--which, like the Lindbergh kidnapping 50 years earlier, captured public attention--and its aftermath, a true story of tragedy, love, faith, and dedication.

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Review:

"[M]ystery writer Les Standiford, in collaboration with Detective Sgt. Joe Matthews, has written a riveting and page-turning account of this heart-wrenching story."--BookReporter.com

"Compelling, bittersweet... ably fleshes out the difficult yet familiar story with style, pathos and relevant historical detail."--Miami Herald

"Standiford and Matthews relate Matthews' quest skillfully."--Dallas Morning News

"An essential read for those interested in forensic science and true crime."--Library Journal

"[A] page turner...hopeful and heartbreaking, Bringing Adam Home is tough to forget."--People

"BRINGING ADAM HOME is a riveting account of a child abduction and murder that goes unsolved for twenty-seven years--both an unsettling expose of police incompetence and a portrait of an extraordinary and dedicated detective."--Joyce Carol Oates

"Bringing Adam Home is one of the finest true-crime books since Thomas Thompson's Blood and Money...This remarkable story will bring readers to tears of grief - and rage."--Associated Press

"[A] heartbreaking story of incompetent police and determined parents... Novelist and nonfiction author Les Standiford does a masterful job of re-creation, reporting and research... readers will be haunted by the maladroit investigation and the added anguish this caused the Walshes."--Los Angeles Times

"BRINGING ADAM HOME is a maddening, terrifying and ultimately triumphant book. Les Standiford explores the injustice and finally justice surrounding the murder of Adam Walsh. You will cry and rage but you will not be able to put this book down until you finish it. My God! What a book!"--Ann Hood, author of THE RED THREAD and THE KNITTING CIRCLE

"Not since IN COLD BLOOD has the story of a terrible crime been told with such elegance and power....Heartbreaking and hypnotically suspenseful."--Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of VANISHED

From the Back Cover:

Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no federal databases of crimes against children. His abduction and murder--unsolved for more than a quarter of a century--forever changed America.

Shocked by Adam's murder and the inability of the police and FBI to find his killer, Adam's parents, Reve and John Walsh--who would go on to create America's Most Wanted--became advocates for the transformation of law enforcement's response to and handling of such cases.

Bringing Adam Home is the definitive account of this horrifying crime and its aftermath, a true story of tragedy, love, faith, and dedication. It reveals the pain and tenacity of a family determined to find justice, the failed police work that allowed a killer to remain uncharged, and the relentless efforts of one cop who accomplished what an entire legal system could not. As harrowing as In Cold Blood, yet ultimately uplifting, Bringing Adam Home is the riveting story of a triumph of justice and the enduring power of love.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061983918
• ISBN 13: 9780061983917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320