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Amy: My Search for Her Killer

Secrets and Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic

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Amy: My Search for Her Killer

Auteur(s): James Renner
Narrateur(s): James Renner
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"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, which delves into the investigation of one of Northeast Ohio's most frustrating unsolved crimes. Ten-year-old Amy Mihaljevic disappeared from the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village in the fall of 1989. Thousands of volunteers, police officers, and FBI agents searched for the girl. Her picture was everywhere - anyone who watched the local TV news remembers the girl with the sideways ponytail. Tragically, Amy was found dead a few months later. Her killer was never found.

Now, 15 years later, journalist James Renner picks up the leads. Filled with mysterious riddles, incredible coincidences, and a cast of unusual but very real characters, his investigation quickly becomes a riveting journey in search of the truth.

Contains mature themes.

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The dedication required and provided to sharing the story in hopes of finding Amy’s killer is commendable.

Hoping there will come a day where they are found.

Great listen via Audible.

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The loss of Amy was tragic. After listening to Renner’s book, I am not so sure I have much of an understanding of what really happened. At the book’s end, it’s still an open case. This book was as much about how a journalist’s research into a cold case became an obsession. My understanding that this continued after the book was published. Pretty good, but didn’t knock my socks off.

A tragic loss

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This is a great book. Condolences to the family of this beautiful innocent girl who was killed by a monster.
I truly hope they find the monster. Great journalism.

How very sad.

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Author James Renner's obsession with a child abduction & murder that affected him during his childhood is oddly discomforting. While I applaud his dedication to researching, documenting, and elucidating the circumstances of the crime, Renner appears to flirt with detriment. I don't know - maybe all True Crime writers endlessly stalk & harass family, friends, and investigators while researching their book. Maybe the problem I have with the book is Renner's choice to write the thing from a first person POV - complete with childhood angst vignettes & his own emotional reactions to what he learns (although Michelle McNamara's 'I'll Be Gone In The Dark' is similar but didn't strike me the same way). He draws links between his own childhood and Amy's.. compares his mother's illness to that of Amy's mother.. and expresses fears of abduction & crime with anecdotes involving his wife.
The book winds up as much a memoir as it is an unsolved crime exposé.
'Amy: My Search For Her Killer' is meticulously documented and thought-provoking - with intriguing evidence and plenty of suspects - but strikingly self-interested. I got the impression that Renner's level of immersion in the case would make it impossible for him to let it go in quiet moments. That's not healthy.

As to presentation: Tantor Audio Inc. should have insisted on hiring a professional reader. To be certain, James Renner isn't a complete failure as a narrator.. but is too obviously reading a text sitting open on his lap. His delivery is acceptable but noticeably monotone.

Altogether, I rate this audiobook 5 stars out of 10. When it leaves the 'Plus' menu, spend your Credit elsewhere.

[Note: The other reason that I found this book unsettling: the sheer number of entirely viable suspects in a child abduction and murder. Renner gives the impression that our children are literally surrounded by monsters]

Borderline Disturbing

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