08285cam a2200577 4500 285332226 TxAuBib 20161217120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062065872 0062065874 B004GB1TPO Amazon 481a5a4f-234e-479a-b608-777ad99cfa57 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 534723 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Standiford, Les. Bringing Adam Home [Bridges eBook] : The Abduction That Changed America. HarperCollins, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2679kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. murder . HTML:Starred review from November 29, 2010 On July 27, 1981, six-year-old Adam Walsh disappeared from a Sears store in Hollywood, Fla., and his partial remains were found in a canal two weeks later. Novelist and nonfiction author Standiford (Last Train to Paradise) charts with devastating precision the decades-long search for the killer and the evolution of Revé and John Walsh (John was executive producer and host of America's Most Wanted) from grieving parents into powerful advocates for missing children. In 1983, Jacksonville police arrested drifter Otis Toole for arson and murder, and he began talking about a little boy he'd killed in south Florida. Myriad confessions (and retractions) followed, containing details only the killer would know, but evidence disappeared, potential witnesses were never interviewed, and Toole was never charged. Convicted on other charges, he died in prison in 1996. Twenty-five years after Adam's abduction, the Walshes asked Matthews, a renowned polygraph investigator and retired detective, to conduct an independent investigation; Matthews concluded that Toole was the killer. Standiford's account is riveting, heartbreaking, and supports John Walsh's statement: "it's not about closure; it's about justice." 8 pages of color photos.. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:"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 Innocent The 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. . HTML:"Charts with devastating precision the decades-long search for the killer and the evolution of Revé and John Walsh... from grieving parents into powerful advocates for missing children...Standiford's account is riveting, heartbreaking, and supports John Walsh's statement: "it's not about closure; it's about justice.". Publishers Weekly (starred review.) HTML:"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. HTML:"I didn't live far from the mall where Adam Walsh was kidnapped. I remember that story as if it were yesterday. It terrified me as a kid. But it's the details that Les Standiford has found that terrify me as an adult. Insightful, horrifying, and just beautifully written.". Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of THE BOOK OF FATE. HTML:"[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. HTML:"Intertwined with this true-crime chronicle is the important story of how Adam's abduction turned his parents into powerful advocates for crime victims and how law enforcement agencies across the country changed their response to missing children cases.". Orlando Home and Leisure. HTML:"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 and SHUTTER ISLAND. HTML:"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.". Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent. HTML:"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. HTML:"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. HTML:"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. HTML:"[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. HTML:"A riveting, harrowing, tautly suspenseful book that reads like a crime novel...but is all the more chilling for being fact, not fiction.". St. Petersburg Times. HTML:"Compelling, bittersweet... ably fleshes out the difficult yet familiar story with style, pathos and relevant historical detail.". Miami Herald. HTML:"An essential read for those interested in forensic science and true crime.". Library Journal. HTML:"Standiford and Matthews relate Matthews' quest skillfully.". Dallas Morning News. True Crime. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-02-17 23:00:02. 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