Relentless Pursuit
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| Author(s) | Kevin Flynn |
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| Subtitle | A True Story of Family, Murder, and the Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Quit |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
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| What happened to Diane Hawkins and her daughter Katrina—a brutal double murder in which the girl’s heart was cut from her body—devastated a Washington, D.C., community and left its mark on everyone involved in the subsequent investigation. Especially moved was federal homicide prosecutor Kevin Flynn. He had handled any number of grisly murders, and was no stranger to the depravity of the human soul. Yet the way Hawkins’s family and friends rallied together to help each other through the tragedy—and the generosity they extended to Flynn, whose own father was dying of cancer at the time—turned this case into a personal mission. He was determined to use his position to effect real closure, to right a wrong—to bring justice on behalf of the victims and their families. | |
If One L is the book to read before law school, Relentless Pursuit is the book to read after—a real-life legal thriller that shows, from the inside, a prosecutor’s quest to deliver justice to a family devastated by murder.
What happened to Diane Hawkins and her daughter Katrina—a brutal double murder in which the girl’s heart was cut from her body—devastated a Washington, D.C., community and left its mark on everyone involved in the subsequent investigation. Especially moved was federal homicide prosecutor Kevin Flynn. He had handled any number of grisly murders, and was no stranger to the depravity of the human soul. Yet the way Hawkins’s family and friends rallied together to help each other through the tragedy—and the generosity they extended to Flynn, whose own father was dying of cancer at the time—turned this case into a personal mission. He was determined to use his position to effect real closure, to right a wrong—to bring justice on behalf of the victims and their families.
Relentless Pursuit is the story of that journey to justice, an intensely gripping beat-by-beat reconstruction of the events as they unfold—the murder, the arrest, the trial, the verdict—told with astonishing candor, and providing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the life of a dedicated prosecutor. Above all, it’s about healing and community, a story in which, in the end, the system works and—for once—justice prevails.
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Prosecutor (and first-time author) Kevin Flynn acknowledges that sometimes he becomes too absorbed in his duties: “The only time I was ever hurt on the job was when I was walking down my office corridor, preoccupied with a case, and cracked open my head when I took a corner too hard.” Fortunately, Flynn’s devotion to justice usually ends in stinging convictions, not painful bruises. His suspenseful Relentless Pursuit takes us through his most gripping case, the gruesome murder of a mother of five and one of her daughters. In unforgettable prose, he discovers the entire knotty process, from the discovery of bloody scene through the trial and verdict.
