Losing Jon by David Parrish

Losing Jon by David Parrish

A PopSugar Best True Crime Book of 2020

The twists and turns read like a page-turning thriller, but Losing Jon is all fact. This is true crime at the highest of levels. Scary, heartbreaking and completely insightful.
--Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist

David Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. David had known Jon and his twin brother since they were boys. He had coached them on the baseball field and welcomed them into his home for sleepovers with his own sons. However, when David learned how Jon's body was found, he felt compelled to find the facts behind this incomprehensible tragedy.

Soon, David would learn of a brutal incident at a local motel where Jon and his brother had been severely beaten by police officers, the charges filed against those officers, and the months of harassment and intimidation Jon and his brother endured. Few in the utopian community of Columbia, Maryland, believed Jon could commit such a final act. Like many others, David wondered how a fateful night of teens blowing off steam could lead to such a tragic end. As law enforcement failed to find answers and seemed intent on preventing the truth from surfacing, David uncovered a system of cover-ups that could only lead to one conclusion--Jon's death was an act of murder.

A true page turner, filled with almost-too-unbelievable-to-be-true details of one community's fight to find justice for one of its own . . . the issues raised, particularly when it comes to questions of police brutality and cover-ups, are very much relevant today.
--New York Times bestselling author Lisa Pulitzer

Includes 16 Pages of Photographs

David Parrish empowers and inspires creative entrepreneurs - to help them become even more successful. David is a strategic marketing consultant, trainer and speaker who advises design, media and technology businesses in the creative and digital industries. Based in the UK, David has helped businesses in more than 30 countries around the world. David uses his knowledge and experience to help creative enterprises become even more successful through specialist training and consultancy projects. David adds value to clients' businesses internationally by transferring great ideas and management techniques between industries and across national boundaries. He has direct experience of leading and managing creative enterprises, successfully devising and implementing strategic marketing plans. His practical experience is complemented by academic qualifications, professional accreditations and membership of several management institutes. Amongst his many professional accreditations he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) in the UK and a CIM 'Chartered Marketer'. As the author of 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity', David helps creative people ('T-Shirts') use smart business thinking ('Suits'), so they can achieve success on their own terms, using cool business ideas which fit with their values and objectives. www.davidparrish.com

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ISBN 13	9780806540467
ISBN 10	080654046X
Title	Losing Jon
Author	David Parrish
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.
Year published	2020-04-28
Number of pages	420
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