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“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street Journal
A relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice…
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2 authors picked The Forever Witness as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I write, read, watch, and listen to true crime. A few writers sit at the top of my must-read list, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Edward Humes is one. He explores the long-solved 1987 murder of two young people from Vancouver who disappeared in Washington State and, most grippingly, the story of genetic genealogy (tracing family trees and DNA connections to identify a murder suspect).
This case was the first where the defendant was successfully convicted in a trial, relying on the work of genealogist CeCe Moore and Parabon Nanolabs (featured recently in a limited ABC TV series The Genetic Detective).…
I write, read, watch, and listen to true crime. A few writers sit at the top of my must-read list, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Edward Humes is one.
He explores the long-solved 1987 murder of two young people from Vancouver who disappeared in Washington State and, most grippingly, the story of genetic genealogy (tracing family trees and DNA connections to identify a murder suspect).
This case was the first where the defendant was successfully convicted in a trial, relying on the work of genealogist CeCe Moore and Parabon Nanolabs (featured recently in a limited ABC TV series The Genetic Detective).…
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