The New York Timesâbestselling authorâs pioneering true crime classic: Itâs âTruman Capoteâs In Cold Blood turned inside outâ (Newsweek).
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During an armed robbery in 1974, five hostages were held in the basement of a small home-audio store in Ogden, Utah, by a group of enlisted US Air Force airmen stationed at a nearby base. The victimsâincluding wife and mother Carol Naisbittâwere brutally tortured, shot in the head, and left for dead. Yet somehow, Carolâs sixteen-year-old son made it out aliveâand âthe emotional strain his family underwent during his year-long hospitalization, is the heart of Kinderâs storyâ (Kirkus Reviews).
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In Victim, the first true crime book to go beyond the headlines and tell story of love, loss, courage, and survival, âthe crime in question becomes not merely something that happened to somebody else somewhere else, but rather an event that touches us all firsthand and very deeply.â A compelling and tragic look at how lives can be changed forever by a random act of violence, it remains one of the most influential books in the victimsâ rights movement and has become required reading for trainees at the FBI Academy at Quantico (Boston Herald).