Dance with the Devil: A Memoir of Murder and Loss

· Diversion Books
4.6
16 reviews
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348
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Immortalized in the acclaimed documentary Dear Zachary, this brutally honest memoir chronicles a system’s failure to prevent the murder of a child.

In November 2001, the bullet-riddled body of a young doctor named Andrew Bagby was discovered in Keystone State Park outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania. For parents Dave and Kate, the pain was unbearable—but Andrew’s murder was only the beginning of the tragedy they endured.

The chief suspect for Andrew’s murder was his ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner. Obsessive and unstable, Shirley lied to police and fled to Newfoundland before she could be arrested. While fending off extradition efforts by U.S. law enforcement, she announced she was pregnant with Andrew's son, Zachary. 

Hoping to gain custody of the child, the Bagbys moved to Newfoundland. They began a drawn-out court battle to protect their grandson from the woman who had almost certainly murdered their son. Then, in August 2003, Shirley killed herself and the one-year-old Zachary by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean. Dance with the Devil is David Bagby’s eulogy for a dead son, an elegy for lives cut tragically short, and a castigation of a broken system.

“[An] incendiary cri de coeur.”—The New York Times


DANCE WITH THE DEVIL is a eulogy for a dead son, an elegy for lives cut tragically short, and a castigation of a broken system.

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4.6
16 reviews
Sarah Lee
December 13, 2019
If you watch the documentary dear Zachary, you need to read this book! It gives us first-hand insight and explanation to some of the shown but not detailed atrocities the bagby's endured. He gives a deeper understanding to the general plot of the documentary. Logically and thoughtfully written by David Bagby you are able to in a sense feel the emotionsas they were going through them. You will be unable to put this book down.
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It'sAGoodLife Boys
February 24, 2017
I seen the documentary on Netflix. Very tragic and very sad. Not going to lie tissues are needed for the documentary. I haven't read the book yet, although I just got the book last week. I look forward to reading it!
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Richard Scott
September 24, 2016
Couldn't put it down. Made me want to hug my son and never let him go.
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