#1 Bestseller - Criminal Law
2022 Maxy Awards Finalist
"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." -Jack Jones, author of Let me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon
"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." -Joel Kaplan, Associate Dean for professional graduate studies at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and co-author of Murder of Innocence
"A stunner. Peebles and O'Brien unveil the story behind the story everyone thought they knew, and the truth will leave readers breathless." -Jennifer Pashley, author of The Watcher and The Scamp
"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." -Christopher E. Smith, Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State law and author/co-author of 22 law books on criminal law, including Criminal Justice in America and The Supreme Court, Crime and the Ideal of Equal Justice
"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, What really happened to Heidi?" -Janet Gramza, former reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard
"Peopled with real-life characters straight out of a Coen Brothers film noir, Scrapped is a reminder that there are individuals who fight valiantly every day against injustice." -Gary Craig, author of Seven Million
"Scrapped captures the barren roads and fallow fields of Oswego County the way Capote captured Finney County, Kansas in In Cold Blood." -Tom Barbash, New York Times bestselling author of The Dakota Winters