In Broad Daylight, Classic Print Edition View Online By Harry N. MacLean
| Title | : | In Broad Daylight, Classic Print Edition |
| Author | : | Harry N. MacLean |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 498 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1482639874 |
Edgar Award winning author Harry MacLean is bringing the New York Times bestseller In Broad Daylight back to print in a Classic print trade paper edition that also includes The Story Behind In Broad Daylight In Broad Daylight tells the story of the killing of Ken Rex McElroy on the main street of Skid, Missouri in July 1981 McElroy, an illiterate hog farmer, Edgar Award winning author Harry MacLean is bringing the New York Times bestseller In Broad Daylight back to print in a Classic print trade paper edition that also includes The Story Behind In Broad Daylight In Broad Daylight tells the story of the killing of Ken Rex McElroy on the main street of Skid, Missouri in July 1981 McElroy, an illiterate hog farmer, had terrorized all of northwest Missouri for over 20 years, until the town, and even law enforcement, was terrified of him McElroy was shot as he sat in his truck in front of the tavern Over 45 men witnessed the shooting Despite two eyewitness accounts and three grand jury investigations, no one has been prosecuted for the crime In Broad Daylight won an Edgar Award for Best True Crime It was also made into a movie starring Brian Denehey, Cloris Leachman and Chris Cooper It was re released as an e book on July 2012 on the 31st anniversary of the killing St Martin s Press published the last print edition in 2006.In The Story Behind In Broad Daylight, MacLean tells how he researched and wrote the book He tells of guns being drawn on him, being bitten by a dog, and a confrontation with the killer on the killer s ranch In addition to updates on characters from the book including who is still alive and who has died , the book answers many questions about the killing itself, such as who was involved, and what has become of them MacLean describes the breakthrough events when key characters agreed to speak with him, and he realized he would finally get the story The author also discusses the nature of the moral consequences of the killing for the town and those involved in the crime The mini book contains never before published photographs of some of the principal characters, including the killer These two books are combined for the first time in this new Classic print edition
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Harry MacLean, an Edgar Award winning true crime writer In Broad Daylight has changed genre s with his new novel, The Joy of Killing Variously described as a literary thriller, a psychological thriller or philosophical thriller, the book earned a rave review from Kirkus MacLean s writing is lyrical, ebbing and flowing like a deep riptide that conceals the danger beneath there is something Harry MacLean, an Edgar Award winning true crime writer In Broad Daylight has changed genre s with his new novel, The Joy of Killing Variously described as a literary thriller, a psychological thriller or philosophical thriller, the book earned a rave review from Kirkus MacLean s writing is lyrical, ebbing and flowing like a deep riptide that conceals the danger beneath there is something unsavory and even panic inducing about being pulled inside his tale A dizzying and delirious meditation on desire, violence, guilt, and philosophical justification The book will be on sale in early July.MacLean s first book was In Broad Daylight, published by Harper Collins This book tells the story of the killing of a town bully on the main street of a small town in northwest Missouri It won an Edgar Award for Best True Crime and was a New York Times Bestseller for 12 weeks Brian Denehey stars as the bully in the movie version In Broad Daylight became available as an e book July 2012.MacLean s second book was Once Upon A Time, a True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law Also published by Harper Collins, it tells the true story of a man on trial for murder based solely on his daughter s repressed memory of witnessing him murder her playmate 20 years earlier Once Upon a Time was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.Basic Books published his third book, The Past Is Never Dead, The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi s Search for Redemption, which was shortlisted for the William Saroyan Award, given by Stanford University MacLean released About In Broad Daylight, the Story Behind the Book, in the fall of 2014.MacLean s first career was as a lawyer He graduated from the University of Denver College of Law, magna cum laude, and also received a master s degree in Law and Sociology from DU He worked as a trial lawyer for the Securities and Exchange Commission and as a magistrate in Denver Juvenile Court He taught as an Adjunct Professor at DU Law He served as First Assistant Attorney General for the state of Colorado, and as General Counsel of the Peace Corp during the Carter Administration For the past twenty years he has worked as a labor arbitrator and author.His next effort, a memoir, will tell the story of his year working undercover as a prison guard in a maximum security prison in Delaware 
The Joy of Killing
Once Upon a Time: A True Tale of Memory
The Story Behind "In Broad Daylight"
The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption
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Edgar Award winning author Harry MacLean is bringing the New York Times bestseller In Broad Daylight back to print in a Classic print trade paper edit
498 pagesHarry N. MacLean
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