{"product_id":"abandoned-prayers-an-incredible-true-story-of-murder-obsession-and-amish-secrets-paperback","title":"Abandoned Prayers: An Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession, and Amish Secrets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregg Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrue crime journalist Gregg Olsen, author of the instant bestseller \u003ci\u003eIf You Tell\u003c\/i\u003e, unravels the twisted tale of a shocking murder in Amish country.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boy's body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. The residents of Chester, Nebraska buried him as \"Little Boy Blue,\" unclaimed and unidentified-- until a phone call from Ohio two years later led authorities to Eli Stutzman, the boy's father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEli Stutzman, the son of an Amish bishop, was by all appearances a dedicated farmer and family man in the country's strictest religious sect. But behind his quiet façade was a man involved with pornography, sadomasochism, and drugs. After the suspicious death of his pregnant wife, Stutzman took his preschool-age son, Danny, and hit the road on a sexual odyssey ending with his conviction for murder. But the mystery of Eli Stutzman and the fate of his son didn't end on the barren Nebraska plains. It was just beginning... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlsen's \u003ci\u003eAbandoned Prayers \u003c\/i\u003eis an incredible true story of murder and Amish secrets.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tough new voice rises in the ranks of true-crime writers. Even the reigning giants of the genre are taking notice and offering praise .\" -\u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaim for the True-Crime Classics of Gregg Olsen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbandoned Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An absorbing, sobering, disturbing book.\"--\u003ci\u003eOmaha World-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Almonds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Absolutely fascinating...One of the most devious female minds in crime history. Stella Nickell has won her dubious spot in the annals of crime-thanks to Gregg Olsen's research and reporting.\"--Ann Rule \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] truly remarkable book. The trailer park babes of \u003ci\u003eBitter Almonds\u003c\/i\u003e leap off the page, fingernails sharpened and aimed for your eyes...meticulous reporting and engrossing, vivid detail plunges the reader into a world of schemes and dreams. This is one of the best true crime books of the '90s.\"-Jack Olsen, author of \u003ci\u003eSon: A Psychopath and His Victims\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\"I\" The Creation of a Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A real page-turner...a compelling and fascinating tale of family psychopathology taken to the extreme.\"--Jonathan Kellerman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterfully written...a tale of intricate suspense.\"-Rod Colvin, author of \u003ci\u003eEvil Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfessions of an American Black Widow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"More interesting than the crime itself is Olsen's portrait of Nelson as a brash, trashy, manipulative sexpot...watching Nelson as she almost gets away with murder will fascinate long after the last page.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This time Gregg Olsen has given us a very sexy book that is as disturbing as it is seductive. One reads it compulsively and wonders afterwards 'Why did I like this so much?' as if one had not so much read it as had a very destructive affair with it. A dangerous and informative book, as irresistible as its painfully, wonderfully vicious heroine-or villain, whichever she is. This book might make some moralists more humble.\" -Darcy O'Brien, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTwo of a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecf0Kind: The Hillside Stranglers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMurder in Little Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gregg Olsen's standing as one of America's finest crime journalists will rise even higher with The Confessions of an American Black Widow. Here are all the ingredients of a great crime story-murder, infidelity, greed, nymphomania. But the main element is Olsen's skill at describing and explicating human misbehavior. A must read!\" -Jack Olsen, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDoc \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePredator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What a combination! God, Mammon, carnality, all rendered vividly under Olsen's assured touch.\" -Stephen Michand, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Living Witness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMurderers Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gregg Olsen introduces the reader to a character so mesmerizing, so frightening and so evil that one has to keep reminding himself that this amazing fast-paced story is true.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Carlton Stowers, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Careless Whispers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This brilliant true crime story deserves acclaim and thunderous applause.\" -Elizabeth Loftus, co-author, The Myth of Repressed Memory and 1998 President of American Psychological Society \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"That rare book that is at once a page-turner and an important chronicle of true crime. An enlightening and devastating read.\" -Steve A. Eggar, PhD., author of Killers Among Us: An Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is probably Gregg's best work yet. Sharon Lynn is the kind of woman-and this is the kind of book-that people will talk about. Gregg Olsen shows us just how chilling it is to realize what might be going on in the house next door.\" -Clark Howard, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Love's Blood\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf Loving You is Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gregg Olsen's\u003ci\u003e If Loving You is Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully researched book that makes the tabloid stories about Mary Kay Letourneau and her forbidden love sound like comic book stuff. Everyone who wants to understand the back-story of the child-woman and her overwhelming passion for a man-child must read\u003ci\u003e If Loving You Is Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e. Olsen's books is both gossipy and sympathetic, searing and brilliant. If Mary Kay is the Humbert Humbert of the female sex-and she is-this book is her Lolita. A must-read for both true crime aficionados and students of abnormal psychology! I read until 3 a.m.!\" -Ann Rule, author of \u003ci\u003eBitter Harvest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Rage to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Gregg Olsen has written more than thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eLying Next to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Thing She Ever Did\u003c\/i\u003e, and two novels in the Nicole Foster series, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e. Known for his ability to create vivid and fascinating narratives, he's appeared on multiple television and radio shows and news networks, such as \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDateline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, and MSNBC. In addition, Olsen has been featured in \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, as well as in the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Both his fiction and nonfiction works have received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including prominence on the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller lists. Washington State officially selected his young adult novel \u003ci\u003eEnvy\u003c\/i\u003e for the National Book Festival, and \u003ci\u003eThe Deep Dark\u003c\/i\u003e was named Idaho Book of the Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Seattle native who lives with his wife in rural Washington State, Olsen's already at work on his next thriller.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.23 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52802054848819,"sku":"9781250823977","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N2tMN0VpTUxkcmlTOWF6elZhd0xLQT09.webp?v=1764799141","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/abandoned-prayers-an-incredible-true-story-of-murder-obsession-and-amish-secrets-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}