Bringing Adam home the abduction that changed America

"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 th...

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Main Authors: Standiford, Les, Matthews, Joe (Detective) (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2011.
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Summary:"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.
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ISBN:9780062065872
Author Notes:Les Standiford is the director of the creative writing program at Florida International University. He has lived in Miami since 1981.