SKYJACK
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2011年8月 第1版
- ISBN 9780307451293
- 定价 216.00
内容简介
“IhaveabombhereandIwouldlikeyoutositbyme.”Thatwasthenotehandedtoastewardessbyamild-manneredpassengeronaNorthwestOrientflightin1971.ItwasthestartofoneofthemostastonishingwhodunitsinthehistoryofAmericantruecrime:howonemanextorted$200,000fromanairline,thenparachutedintothewildsofthePacificNorthwestandintooblivion.D.B.Cooper’scasehasbecomethestuffoflegendandobsessedandcursedhispursuerswitheverythingfrombankruptcytosuicidaldespair.NowwithSkyjack,journalistGeoffreyGraydelvesintothisunsolvedmysteryuncoveringnewleadsintheinfamouscase.Startingwithatipfromaprivateinvestigatorintoapromisingsuspect(aCooperlookalike,Northwestemployee,andtrainedparatrooper),Grayispropelledintothemurkydepthsofadecades-oldmystery,conductingnewinterviewsandobtainingafirst-everlookatCooper’sFBIfile.Beginningwithaheartstoppingandunprecedentedrecreationofthecrimeitself,fromcabintocockpittotower,anduncannyportraitsofcharacterswhoeitherchasedCooperormighthavecommittedthecrime,includingRalphHimmelsbach,themostdoggedofFBIagents,whowatchedwithhorrorasacriminalbecameacounter-culturefolkherowhosupposedlyshaftedthesystem…KarlFleming,arespectedreporterwhosecareerwasdestroyedbyaCooperscoopthatwasascam…andBarbara(neeBobby)Dayton,atransgenderedpilotwhoinsistedshewasCooperherself.WithexplosivenewinformationandexclusiveaccesstoFBIfilesandforensicevidence,Skyjackreopensoneofthegreatcoldcasesofthe20thcentury.
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