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Amy: My Search for Her Killer: Secrets & Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic

James Renner

"Poignant and wonderfully well-written." -- Richard North Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Witness

"I fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic not long before her body was discovered lying facedown in an Ashland County wheat field. I fell for her the first time I saw that school photo TV stations flashed at the beginning of every newscast in the weeks following her kidnapping in the autumn of 1989--the photo with the side-saddle ponytail ..."

So begins this strange and compelling memoir in which a young journalist investigates the cold case that has haunted him since childhood.

It's one of Northeast Ohio's most frustrating unsolved crimes. Ten-year-old Amy Mihaljevic (Muh-ha-luh-vick) disappeared from the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village. Thousands of volunteers, police officers, and FBI agents searched for the girl, who was tragically found dead a few months later. Her killer was never found.

Fifteen years later, journalist James Renner picks up the leads. Filled with mysterious riddles, incredible coincidences, and a cast of odd but very real characters, his investigation quickly becomes a riveting journey in search of the truth.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
  • Publish Date: Jun 20th, 2013
  • Pages: 246
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.60in - 0.65lb
  • EAN: 9781938441400
  • Categories: Murder - GeneralAbductions, Kidnappings & Missing PersonsEditors, Journalists, Publishers

About the Author

Renner, James: - James Renner is a novelist, freelance journalist, and blogger. In his spare time, he hunts serial killers. His true crime stories have been published in the Best American Crime Reporting and Best Creative Nonfiction anthologies. His film adaptation of a Stephen King story was an official selection at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival. A graduate of Kent State University, Renner lives in Akron, Ohio.

Praise for this book

Reads more like a screenplay than your typical tell all crime story. It is compelling, riveting and hard to set down. The characters are flushed out and frighteningly honest . . . A well written, passionate narrative that has a place on your shelf, but more importantly a place in your thoughts. Sadly, it is necessary to remind ourselves bad people live around us, watch our children and are dangerous. Renner brings that to light all too well.--Michael Dakota "Cuyahoga Falls News Press" (12/17/2006 12:00:00 AM)
Reads like a who-done-it, with lively and fast-paced narrative.--Laura Kennelly "Morning Journal" (12/17/2006 12:00:00 AM)
Poignant and wonderfully well-written.-- "Richard North Patterson, author of Silent Witness" (1/25/2007 12:00:00 AM)