<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"<em>Scrapped</em> captures the barren roads and fallow fields of Oswego County the way Capote captured Finney County, Kansas in <em>In Cold Blood</em>." -Tom Barbash, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Dakota Winters</em></strong></p><p>Criminal defense lawyer Lisa Peebles was taken aback by a secretly recorded phone call and police interrogation video that surfaced in a 20-year-old kidnapping case. They held the stench of a cover-up. She recruited an investigative reporter to help unearth the truth and exonerate Gary Thibodeau, the man convicted in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Heidi Allen.</p><p><em>Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant </em>exposes the underbelly of a system built more for finality than justice. It's the true story of Peebles' pursuit of new evidence against three new suspects and her discovery that Heidi had lived a double life: convenience store cashier and undercover informant. The sheriff's office hid the truth after her death as the real killers roamed free. Peebles became a de facto prosecutor to prove their guilt and Gary's innocence. As Heidi's family stood by the sheriff, her remains were likely secreted right under their noses - probably inside a scrapped van and shipped to a car shredder in Canada.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"An impeccably documented page-turner and a must-read for anyone who has ever come up against the impenetrable Blue Wall of police 'infallibility' and a complacent, sacrosanct criminal justice system more willing to destroy human lives than acknowledge and correct its mistakes." <strong>-Jack Jones, author of <em>Let me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon</em></strong></p><p>"This true crime book combines the talent of a crusading attorney and the drive of an investigative reporter and reads like something co-written by John Grisham and Bob Woodward." <strong>-Joel Kaplan, Associate Dean for professional graduate studies at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and co-author of <em>Murder of Innocence</em></strong></p><p>"A stunner. Peebles and O'Brien unveil the story behind the story everyone thought they knew, and the truth will leave readers breathless." <strong>-Jennifer Pashley, author of <em>The Watcher </em>and <em>The Scamp</em></strong></p><p>"As each unexpected detail is discovered, the jarring revelations shine a light on justice system officials' ability to defeat the ideals of American law. A riveting and unforgettable tale of heart-wrenching injustice." <strong>-Christopher E. Smith, Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State law and author/co-author of 22 law books on criminal law, including <em>Criminal Justice in America </em>and <em>The Supreme Court, Crime and the Ideal of Equal Justice</em></strong></p><p>"This book succeeds in clearing Gary Thibodeau's name - and in answering many pressing questions that prosecutors in the Heidi Allen case never managed to solve - including, <em>What really happened to Heidi?</em>" <strong>-Janet Gramza, former reporter for the Syracuse <em>Post-Standard</em></strong></p><p>"Peopled with real-life characters straight out of a Coen Brothers film noir, <em>Scrapped</em> is a reminder that there are individuals who fight valiantly every day against injustice." <strong>-Gary Craig, author of <em>Seven Million</em></strong></p><p>"<em>Scrapped</em> captures the barren roads and fallow fields of Oswego County the way Capote captured Finney County, Kansas in <em>In Cold Blood</em>." <strong>-Tom Barbash, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Dakota Winters</em></strong></p><br>
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