{"product_id":"bringing-adam-home-9780061983917","title":"Bringing Adam Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Dennis Lehane, author of \u003cem\u003eMystic River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most significant missing child case since the Lindbergh's....A taut, compelling and often touching book about a long march to justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Scott Turow, author of \u003cem\u003ePresumed Innocent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cem\u003eBringing Adam Home\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStandiford, Les:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLes Standiford is the bestselling author of twenty books and novels, including the John Deal mystery series, and the works of narrative history \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Invented Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e (a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice) and \u003cem\u003eLast Train to Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the director of the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, a psychotherapist and artist. Visit his website at www.les-standiford.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthews, Joe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDet. Sgt. Joe Matthews, a thirty-year veteran of the Miami Beach Police Department, is a former Miami-Dade County Police Officer of the Year, credited with solving the infamous Baby Lollipop homicide, among many others. He is the founder and CEO of DNA LifePrint, Inc., a corporate-sponsored, national child-safety program. He also heads his own consulting firm, advising the media, the academic community, public safety organizations, and the private sector on security issues, investigation techniques, and cold-case homicides. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725258854674,"sku":"9780061983917","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_feeb2512-9649-407d-a685-b2e4b362ea75.jpg?v=1734822541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bringing-adam-home-9780061983917","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}