{"product_id":"finding-chandra-a-true-washington-murder-mystery-paperback","title":"Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Higham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSari Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was the mystery that gripped the nation during the summer of 2001: the sudden disappearance of Chandra Levy, a young, promising intern, and the possible involvement of Congressman Gary Condit.\u003c\/b\u003e And then the case went cold. By 2007, satellite trucks and reporters had long since abandoned the story of the congressman and the intern in search of other news, fresh scandals. Across the country, Chandra's parents tried to resume their daily lives, desperately hoping that someday there might be a break in the investigation.\u003cbr\u003eAnd in Washington, the old game of who's up and who's down played on without interruption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Chandra Levy haunted. Six years after the young intern's disappearance, investigative editors of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003epitched two Pulitzer Prize- winning reporters their idea: Revisit the unsolved case and find out what happened to Chandra, a task that had eluded police and the FBI. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScott Higham and Sari Horwitz went to work. e result was a thirteen-part series in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003ethat focused on a prime suspect the police and the FBI had passed over years before. They had wrongly pursued Condit and chased numerous false leads, including a claim that Chandra had been kidnapped and taken to the Middle East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the most likely culprit was far less glamorous: an immigrant from El Salvador, a young man in the clutches of alcohol, drugs, and violence who had been stalking the running paths of Rock Creek Park, assaulting female joggers at knifepoint. He had attacked again, even as the police and the press concentrated on a congressman romantically linked to the intern. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Chandra \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the bungled police efforts to locate the crime scene and catch a killer, the ambition and hubris of Washington's power elite and press corps, the twisted culture of politics, the dark nature of political scandal, and the agony of parents struggling to comprehend the loss of a child. Above all, it is a quintessential portrait of a cast of outsiders who came to Washington with dreams of something better, only to be forever changed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Higham\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning member of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's\u003c\/i\u003e investigations unit. He has conducted numerous investigations for the news organization, including an examination of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison, and waste and fraud in Homeland Security contracting. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSari Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e is also a Pulitzer-Prize winning member of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's\u003c\/i\u003e investigation unit. A reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty-six years, she has covered crime, homeland security, federal law enforcement, education, and social services. Among her other awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for reporting on the disadvantaged and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal. She lives in Washington with her husband and daughter.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.42 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47688471085277,"sku":"9781439138694","price":22.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/SGtMRDZUZG9ZS05RMU55UXhpWC8zdz09.webp?v=1774056021","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/finding-chandra-a-true-washington-murder-mystery-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}