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The Last Stone

Mark Bowden
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Pages
352
Year
2019
Language
English
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press

About

On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washington, DC As shock spread, then grief, a massive police effort found nothing. The investigation was shelved, and the mystery endured. Then, in 2013, a cold case squad detective found something he and a generation of detectives had missed. It pointed them toward a man named Lloyd Welch, then serving time for child molestation in Delaware. The acclaimed author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 had been a cub reporter for a Baltimore newspaper at the time of the original disappearance, and covered the frantic first weeks of the story. In The Last Stone, he returns to write its ending. Over months of intense questioning and extensive investigation of Welch's sprawling, sinister Appalachian clan, five skilled detectives learned to sift truth from determined lies. How do you get a compulsive liar with every reason in the world to lie to tell the truth? The Last Stone recounts a masterpiece of criminal interrogation, and delivers a chilling and unprecedented look inside a disturbing criminal mind.

Related Subjects

  • Law Enforcement
  • Political Science
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Criminology
  • Social Science
  • General
  • Murder
  • True Crime

Reviews

"Bowden delivers a narrative nonfiction masterpiece in this account of fiercely dedicated police detectives working to close a cold case.. This is an intelligent page-turner likely to appeal even to readers who normally avoid true crime."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Riveting…A keen synthesis of an intricate, decadeslong investigation, a stomach-churning unsolved crime, and a solid grasp of time, place, and character results in what is sure to be another bestseller for Bowden."
Kirkus Reviews

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