2013-06-05
CRIME FICTION
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Echoes in the Dark
by Joseph Wambaugh
Publisher Note:
On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line." Her two children had vanished. The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines--and wasn't resolved for seven years. Now, master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh reconstructs the case from its roots, recounting the details, drama, players and pawns in this bizarre crime that shocked the nation and tore apart a respectable suburban town.
Passage(s) of Note:
When Jack Holtz got Bill Bradfield back to the lockup in Harrisburg and took off the handcufs, his prisoner, who'd been as silent as fungus, decided to make life hard for him. Bill Bradfield just dropped down on the floor and lay there on his back.
Jack Holtz said, "If you're gonna act like a baby, I'll treat you like one."
But no baby ever got this treatment. Holtz reached down and grabbed two handfulls of Bill Bradfield's whiskers and curled him straight up until they were nose to nose.
Bill Bradfield gave Jack Holtz the stare, but Jack Holtz stared back and said, "That bullshit only works on intelligent people."
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