{"product_id":"the-last-stone-a-masterpiece-of-criminal-interrogation-paperback","title":"The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"master of narrative journalism\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and #1 bestselling author Mark Bowden, comes a gripping true crime story about the disappearance of the two Lyon sisters in 1975, and the extraordinary effort--40 years later--to bring their kidnapper to justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyon, age 10 and 12, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washington, D.C. As shock spread, then grief, a massive police effort found nothing. The investigation was shelved, and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a cub reporter for a Baltimore newspaper, Mark Bowden covered the frantic first weeks of the story. In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stone\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a masterpiece of criminal interrogation, and delivers a chilling and unprecedented look inside a disturbing criminal mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen books, including the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e. He reported at the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty years and now writes for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines. He is also the writer in residence at the University of Delaware. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eHue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757553189152,"sku":"9780802148919","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/06cf7ff9ef3b7c9eed9974629badbb39.webp?v=1780105148","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-stone-a-masterpiece-of-criminal-interrogation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}