My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story

by Susan Markowitz, Jenna Glatzer

Overview

The true story of the shocking crime behind the hit movie Alpha Dog

One week after fifteen-year-old Nick Markowitz vanished, his mother received the news: Nick's body had been found in a shallow grave. Now she tells her own gripping story-the unbelievable motive for the murder, the shocking identity of the accused, and her own nine-year battle to bring her son's killers to justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425236345
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/07/2010
Series:	Berkley True Crime
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Susan Markowitz is the author of My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story, which details the events surrounding her son’s disappearance and murder, and her desire to see his killer brought to justice. Her story was adapted as the 2006 film Alpha Dog. She resides in California with her husband.

Jenna Glatzer is an award-winning author of over 20 books including My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story, The Pregnancy Project, and Unthinkable. She is the author of several children’s books including Hattie, Get a Haircut! She resides in New York with her family.

Editorial Reviews

This poignant memoir tells the painful story of a brutal slaying that captured national attention when it became the basis of the 2007 drama Alpha Dog. In the summer of 2000, Susan Markowitz's 15-year-old son, Nicholas, was kidnapped and murdered by a local drug dealer in revenge for his brother's debts. Nicholas's death, the ensuing trials of his killers, and the international manhunt for a fourth suspect nearly tore his family apart and sent his mother on a decade-long quest for justice and sanity. Markowitz writes with candor about her grief-induced alcoholism and suicide attempts as well as the troubles that shook her family's foundation long before Nicholas's death. Her unflinching honesty makes this a deeply powerful story that will move fans of the film and anyone grieving a loved one's death by homicide or suicide. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly