Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

The astonishing true story of Anne Darwin and 'Canoe Man' John and their jaw-dropping deception

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Perfect for true-crime fans who enjoyed Quiz, The Gold and Slow Horses: the gripping tale of 'Canoe Man' John Darwin's audacious disappearance.Drowning in debt and facing almost certain bankruptcy, John Darwin did the unthinkable - he paddled out to sea in his red canoe and disappeared. After a massive search and rescue operation failed to find his body, he was assumed dead, lost in the bleak North Sea.But everything was far from what it seemed.Nearly six years later, after John miraculously returned from the dead with a strange tale of 'amnesia' and sporting a suspicious golden tan, the police and the Press were desperate to discover the truth behind his remarkable resurrection.Journalist David Leigh was despatched to Panama, where he tracked down John's wife, Anne Darwin, who had started a secretive new life with the insurance money claimed from her husband's 'death'. But what lay behind her decision to move to Central America, thousands of miles away from her family and friends?The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of this true story of audacious deception and coercion, offering an unprecedented insight into a mind-boggling story that gripped the nation - and into the inscrutable minds of 'Canoe Man' John and Anne Darwin, his long-suffering partner in crime.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-14
Mått:128 x 196 x 26 mm
Vikt:220 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN:9781529395167

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David Leigh (Author) David Leigh is an award-winning British investigative journalist and author living and working out of Miami. He is a member of the UK Crime Writers Association. Before moving to Florida to work as Senior News Director for a celebrated news and photographic agency, Leigh worked for British newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, where during his 12-year tenure he worked as a Senior Reporter, News Editor and Foreign Editor covering news stories across the world. He then spent three years as Assistant Editor (Head of News) at the Daily Express, where he oversaw coverage of stories including the 9/11 terrorist atrocities, the Second Gulf War, and the fall of Saddam Hussein. He won two prestigious awards, the National Association of News Agencies' News Story of the Year and the London Press Club's Scoop of the Year, for his reporting on the incredible 'John Darwin; Canoe Man' story regarding the former school teacher from the north of England who faked his own death and secretly started a new life in Panama, Central America. He later co-wrote Anne Darwin's book, Out of My Depth.Tony Hutchinson (Author) Months after completing his 'A' Levels in 1978, Tony Hutchinson was pounding the streets of Hartlepool wearing a police uniform and dreaming of being a detective. By the time John 'Canoe Man' Darwin walked into a London police station in December 2007 and uttered the immortal words, 'I think I am a missing person', Tony had gone from a fresh-faced 'bobby on the beat' to Head of Cleveland Police's Murder Team. Thirty years of hunting thieves, killers and every type of criminal in between, nothing catapulted him in front of the worldwide media like John and Anne Darwin. Now retired, he has had four novels published in his Dark Tides thriller series.

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The riveting, jaw-dropping, brilliantly-told story of a barely believable crime that exposes the shocking depths to which some people will plunge for money.