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Sto caricando le informazioni... One to the Wolves, On the Trail of a Killerdi Lois Duncan
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In 1992, Lois Duncan, acclaimed author of fictional suspense novels, wrote a horror story she could never have imagined writing - a true account of the murder of her own daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette. Kait, 18, was shot to death as she drove home from a friend's house on a Sunday evening in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Police closed the unsolved case as a "random shooting," refusing to accept information that indicated otherwise, although it had all the earmarks of a professional hit. That first book, Who Killed My Daughter?, was Duncan's desperate attempt to motivate informants and prevent the facts of Kait's story from becoming buried. It turned out to accomplish much more than that. Duncan's new book, One to the Wolves is even more horrifying than its predecessor as new information poured in, the family ran for their lives, and their original suspicions turned out to be the tip of an iceberg so immense that Kait, herself, could not have known how dangerous the information was that she had been sitting on in order to protect a now-estranged boyfriend. Since Kait didn't live to reveal it, her mother now does so in a book so intense and yet so painfully human that the reader will never forget it. All of the elements of a suspenseful mystery are here--intrigue, turns and twists, cover-ups, and page-turning action. The sobering fact is that, this time, the story isn't fiction Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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From the beginning, Lois and her husband Don were dissatisfied with the Albuquerque Police Department's investigation of the crime. They were especially displeased by the police detectives' refusal to look closely into the relationship between Kait's murder and the Vietnamese mafia (Kait's boyfriend was from Vietnam, and he had some very shady friends. Could she have known too much about their illegal activities?). Lois and Don suspected a cover-up, but why would the police stand in the way of justice rather than doing what they are supposed to do and solving the case?
Lois and Don turned to private investigators, psychics, and the families of other New Mexican murder victims to find support and possible connections to other crimes. The narrative describes their efforts to bring about police reform and solve the mystery of their youngest child's untimely death.
The book was published by (now deceased) true crime author Ann Rule's own publishing house, Planet Ann Rule. It is too bad that the fledging company did not do a good job of producing this book. The narrative is rather confusing and reads like a first draft. There are typographical errors ("stationary" meaning "unmoving" is consistently spelled like "stationery" meaning "writing paper"). Moreover, Ann Rule's self-aggrandizing forward is more about herself than about the book.
Recommended only for those who have read Who Killed My Daughter? and really want to know what happened next. (