Book jacket image for In Light of All Darkness by Kim Cross

Grand Central

9781538725061

STARRED REVIEW

In Light of All Darkness

Journalist Kim Cross examines why the 1993 kidnapping of Polly Klaas struck such a chord and the lasting impact it has had on investigative techniques.

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Review of ‘In Light of All Darkness’

The Polly Klaas case captured America’s attention in the fall of 1993. It was uniquely horrifying: A lovely 12-year-old girl kidnapped at knifepoint from her own bedroom while her two friends watched helplessly. Polly was missing for two months before her body was recovered near an abandoned sawmill outside of Petaluma, California. The media couldn’t…

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