MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-101538725061
ISBN-139781538725061
eBay Product ID (ePID)25059001907
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn Light of All Darkness : inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicMurder / General
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime
AuthorKim Cross
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight23.9 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-020949
Reviews"Kim Cross has taken a story we thought we knew and shown so much more, a life beyond the headlines. I cut myself on parts of it, as the author put a human face -- and spirit -- on this great sadness, and the mystery that haunted us. It is written without adornment, but still rich in details. That is a hard thing to do." -- Rick Bragg, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, "Riveting... reported with empathy and Cross's signature combo of unflinching detail and gut-punching revelations."-- Beth Macy author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus, "A terrifying story told with compassion, empathy, and insight. Meticulously researched, In Light of All Darkness illuminates a murder that stunned the nation and the complex forensic science used to solve the case. Try as I might, I couldn't turn these heart-thumping pages fast enough - and neither, I suspect, will you."-- Kathryn Miles, author of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders, "One of the best true crime books out there. It shows the anguish and toll on the investigators and witnesses to a heinous crime. True-crime and public-affairs readers will devour this well-researched book."-- Library Journal, "Cross handles well the anxiety and fear that this story produces; she is clear in the facts and compassionate in the telling."-- Book Reporter, "Writing with extraordinary care and compassion, Kim Cross shows not only the crime and its impact on the victims, but how the Polly Klaas case forever changed the way such crimes are investigated by law enforcement and viewed by the American people and mass media. In Light of all Darkness is not just another 'true crime' title, but real and essential American history."-- Glenn Stout, author of Young Woman and the Sea and Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid, "Sumptuous... a startlingly intimate document, chockablock with family snapshots, that goes beyond steel decking, glass walls, concrete caissons, and the geometry of H columns and I beams. It's a love song to a global icon that was, for the residents themselves, no museum."-- Vanity Fair, Praise for The Stahl House
SynopsisPaced like a thriller and full of insider information, this book embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories of our generation--the kidnapping of Polly Klaas. On October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a sleepover with two friends, while her mother slept soundly in the room next door. This rarest of all kidnappings--a stranger abduction from the home--triggered one of the largest manhunts in FBI history. New York Times bestselling author Kim Cross has written the first comprehensive account of what happened on that fateful night in October, as well as how the case forever transformed the Bureau's approach to solving crimes. With unprecedented access to case files, crime scene photos, a videotaped murder confession, and inside sources, In Light of All Darkness follows the investigators who pieced together the evidence that led to the arrest and conviction of the kidnapper--and made the victim a household name and a girl who will never be forgotten.
LC Classification NumberHV6603.K46C76 2023
