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Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine
by Joseph K. Loughlin, Kate Clark Flora
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Berkley (2007-12-04)
ISBN: 0425218651
EAN: 9780425218655
Dewy Decimal #: 364.15230974191
Paperback: 336 pages
SKU: MM2396
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A dedicated policeman and a former assistant attorney general unveil a woman's murder-and the investigation that changed one Maine city forever.
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Customer Reviews
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Not a page turner
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-10-21
The story was very interesting, a young woman heads out with a friend, leaves with a stranger and goes missing. However, I couldn't get past all the cop narrative. While I think it's important to get to know who's on the case, I really don't want to read page after page about what the cops are thinking or feeling. I want to know more about Amy and what happened to her. I also found it odd that the cop on the case would say he had to look into Amy's mother's "beautiful eyes". What's that about? Stick to the facts. I don't care if her mother was beautiful or what her eyes look like. Just tell me about Amy and the killer and what happened. Sorry. As far as true crime goes, this one's a snoozer.
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Couldn't put it down!!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-07-06
I am a fan of true crime and pretty much won't read anything but. This book was one of the best I've ever read. And I have read tons by some of the best authors. Extremely well written and very easy to follow. You can feel the sincerity, passion and pain of the police, prosecutors, friends and family. Great insite into how police really do their job.
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Excellent, touching book
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-26
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I work in law enforcment in a western state. I read a lot of true crime and am always intrigued by a book written about a case by its investigators. I was quite impressed with Finding Amy. Not only was the book well-written, but the case was truly an investigative miracle. I wish more investigations were run like this one was. It is so obvious that a higher authority had a hand in things and I found it refreshing that those involved recognized that. Where I am, we don't have a big problem with territorial agencies, thankfully. But, it is great that where it would it normally was a problem, those involved with the investigation were able to overcome that.
One question I was left with was what happened to Amy's stepfather? He stops being mentioned toward the end of the book and wasn't listed as one of the relatives at the trial or sentencing.
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Absorbing, Gripping True-Crime Disappearance
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-03-23
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
FINDING AMY, written by Deputy Chief Joseph Laughlin and mystery writer Kate Clark Flora, is the absorbing true-life story of the disappearance of Amy St. Laurent, a 25-year-old Pratt and Whitney employee who vanished while at a bar, The Pavilion, in the Old Port area of Portland. She accepted a ride home from another customer at the bar, and then disappeared, never to be seen again, until she was found buried in a shallow grave in the woods over six weeks later.
The book tells the story of the investigation, and it is especially effective because it intersperses journal entries by Chief Loughlin (then Lieutenant), in which he describes police procedure and how the detectives are focusing their search and why. The character development of these hard-working law-enforcement personnel is absorbing, because it shows how seriously they do take their work, and how personally it affects them.
This book should be read by all young women who think they "know it all". Frequently, they don't, and take chances which can be deadly. This was certainly the case for Amy St. Laurent. The book is a cautionary tale about how someone who looks perfectly innocent and seems to want to be helpful can have very deadly hidden qualities that emerge later on. It is well written and the organization is excellent as well.
You will definitely enjoy FINDING AMY if you are interested in the effects of true crime on both the family members and friends and the law-enforcement personnel who work these cases.
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Not Gripping, Not Interesting
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-02-11
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book has no depth, no characters , and is poorly written. I was so tired of reading about the "whinning" police officers. We are tired, we have not slept, our families miss us, ect. We know that, we appreciate you and this book is about Amy St. Laurent. When writing a true crime novel stick with the facts it makes a much better read.
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