The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad

by Stacy Horn

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

363.25

Genres

General Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

Penguin (Non-Classics) (2006), Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages

Description

Journalist Stacy Horn is a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered program. In her enticing narrative The Restless Sleep, she sheds light on the dark world of the NYPD's real-life Cold Case Squad-a special command of detectives who take on the homicide cases that remain unsolved after their initial period of investigation. Those who comprise its ranks are often characterized as misfits and lone wolves-but brilliant ones, to be sure. Here, their fascinating and deeply troubling stories of cases closed-and others that remain open-are conveyed in chilling detail.

User reviews

LibraryThing member cinf0master

Documenting cases from the 1950s to today, Horn explores the files that the New York Police Department have waiting for answers. The writing is occasionally dry, but both victims and detectives have fascinating stories that readers will love. The crimes are equally as violent and gruesome as CSI or

Law and Order, but people who are accustomed to splashy computer effects may not have the patience to visual the scenes for themselves. Fans of Patricia Cornwell and Ann Rule will enjoy this, as well as anyone who wants more information on the seedy history of New York City.

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LibraryThing member BruderBane

A truly wonderfully written first hand account of the hardships and heartbreaks of the cold case squad in New York city. While reading The Restless Sleep, I was floored more than once with Ms. Horn’s full-bodied real life storytelling. Instead of giving us an “NPR” view of detectives, victims

and the rest of New York, Ms. Horn hands us a real life, gritty, gut-wrenching, my god how does anyone manage to solve even one case scrutiny of these real life people.

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LibraryThing member Queensowntalia

An intriguing look at the history of New York City's Cold Case squad, with several cases recounted as examples. Horn does an excellent job profiling the various detectives featured, and the cases she cites are riveting. The book slows down in parts when Horn devotes pages and pages to the tiniest

details of a case, but overall it's an interesting look at how one subsection of NYC's police department functions.

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