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In the Name of the Children
- An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
FBI Special Agent Jeff Rinek had a gift for getting child predators to confess. All he had to do was share a piece of his soul...
In the Name of the Children gives an unflinching look at what it's like to fight a never-ending battle against an enemy far more insidious than terrorists: the predators, lurking amongst us, who seek to harm our children.
During his 30-year career with the FBI, Jeff Rinek worked hundreds of investigations involving crimes against children: from stranger abduction to serial homicide to ritualized sexual abuse. Those who do this kind of work are required to plumb the depths of human depravity, to see things no one should ever have to see - and once seen can never forget. There is no more important - or more brutal - job in law enforcement, and few have been more successful than Rinek at solving these sort of cases.
Most famously, Rinek got Cary Stayner to confess to all four of the killings known as the Yosemite Park Murders, an accomplishment made more extraordinary by the fact that the FBI nearly pinned the crimes on the wrong suspects. Rinek's recounting of the confession and what he learned about Stayner provides perhaps the most revelatory look ever inside the psyche of a serial killer and a privileged glimpse into the art of interrogation.
In the Name of the Children takes listeners into the trenches of real-time investigations where every second counts and any wrong decision or overlooked fact can have tragic repercussions. Rinek offers an insider's perspective of the actual case agents and street detectives who are the boots on the ground in this war at home. By placing us inside the heart and mind of a rigorously honest and remarkably self-reflective investigator, we will see with our own eyes what it takes - and what it costs - to try to keep our children safe and to bring to justice those who prey on society's most vulnerable victims.
With each chapter dedicated to a real case he worked, In the Name of the Children also explores the evolution of Rinek as a Special Agent - whose unorthodox, empathy-based approach to interviewing suspects made him extraordinarily successful in obtaining confessions - and the toll it took to have such intimate contact with child molesters and murderers. Beyond exploring the devastating impact of these unthinkable crimes on the victims and their families, this audiobook offers an unprecedented look at how investigators and their loved ones cope while living in the specter of so much suffering.
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- Milica
- 01-07-22
Brilliant!
I really enjoyed listening to this book. That part from the blurb that says the voice that narrates In the Name of the Children is warm and humane is entirely true, probably one of the best narrators I've ever listened to. You can tell he's not just mindlessly narrating words, but has empathy for what the book is talking about.
I like that this was partially a biography and partially about the cases, both solved and not. There was a good balance, and I feel for all those poor children.
The author, Rinek, is either intentionally or unintentionally funny, I can't tell. Mostly in the beginning/fbi chapters, some sentences paired with the narrator's excellent delivery had me laughing out loud.
This is one of those books that I don't just want but need physically, it's that good. All the stars.
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- Jon
- 05-09-21
Difficult but fascinating read
It’s a testament to how good this book is that I stuck with it despite the narrator, who unfortunately sounds like a sat nav.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-01-22
Couldn’t stop listening
Required listening/reading for anyone who wonders if real hero’s exist.
There were some parts that were hard to listen to but necessary to understand the scope of the despicable deeds and crimes.
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- Shane canning
- 15-04-23
Brillent narrator brillent sad story
One off the best narrators dont mind the negitive moaning melts in comments amazing book amazing stories some good some sad listemed to this all in one go 5 star brillent great narrator only issue is that he explained every detail like the terry stringer confession wow ye really milked that one with so much detail before hearing him confuss could off done with less details so sad to much evil in this world
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- Jo
- 24-08-21
Fantastic Content
This book was excellent.
I feel bad saying this, but the only thing that spoiled the enjoyment was the narrator.
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- Miss S Ladbrooke
- 28-09-21
Great story but bad narration
Superb and inspiring account of FBI agent dealing with vulnerable children, but the narrator sounds like an American game show host and spoils it
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- Ida
- 05-06-20
Looking at monsters through the eyes of empathy
A unique journey to the darkest places of the human psyche. Jeffrey Rinek shows empathy to the most reviled group of people in order for justice to take place. Even though we would like to think of them as monsters, Mr Rinek shows us they are humans. It's inconceivable, unimaginable and sobering.
This isn't an easy book but an important one.
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- Grace Milstead
- 29-08-21
Fantastic book!
I didn’t want this book to end! It was so interesting. The voice was a bit monotone but I got used to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-20
Better than expected
Fascinating perspective & casefiles, commendable effort. Worth a listen, difficult to listen to details in some parts (expected) but some of the more surprising moments have to do with the authors own vulnerabilities. Narrationbworked for the most part, although it had a slight text to speech affect, you can hear a trailing "t" effect added at the end of some sentences , but you get used to it & it does actually work well with some areas of the storytelling.
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- Matt T
- 28-08-21
truly heart wrenching
a truly heart reaching portrayal of a life committed to helping children, taking a toll on him and his family while saving so many but loosing even more
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