Ripple

<b>Riveting... a personal and highly original work of true-crime storytelling. -- John Douglas former FBI criminal profiling pioneer and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller <i>Mindhunter</i></b> <p/><b>A chilling investigation into the unsolved boy in the woods murder; journalist Jim Cosgrove chronicles his decades-long struggle to uncover the truth of a family friend's disappearance and death -- perfect for fans of <i>I'll be Gone in the Dark</i> and <i>Memorial Drive</i>.</b> <p/>For nine years South Carolina officials struggled to identify the boy in the woods a young man whose body had been discovered just south of Myrtle Beach in a fishing village called Murrells Inlet. <p/>Meanwhile 1200 miles away in Kansas City Missouri Frank McGonigle's family searched for him at Grateful Dead concerts and in the face of every long-haired hitchhiker they passed. Consumed by guilt for how they'd treated him Frank's eight siblings slowly came to understand that -- like Jerry Garcia sang -- <i>he's gone and nothin's gonna bring him back</i>. <p/>Frank McGonigle was finally found -- and identified as the boy in the woods. <p/>Four years later the case still unsolved Jim Cosgrove a McGonigle family friend and investigative journalist picked up the trail of Frank's cold case and began uncovering connections to a ruthless local crime boss and blunders by the threadbare sheriff's department. <p/>When his research began to stall a chance meeting with the soft-hearted straight-talking energy reader Carol Williams provided a metaphysical spark that reignited Jim's resolve. Although his work as a journalist trained him to be skeptical Cosgrove found himself starting to become a believer when Carol provided details about Frank's murder that turned out to be freakishly accurate. <p/>In 2019 Cosgrove returned to Murrells Inlet with one of Frank's brothers to dredge up some old leads and settle Frank's case once and for all...