Summers & Swan - A new book - Looking For Madeleine

[ferryman]

No matter what side of the fence you sit on Benice it is obvious from the early reports, disappointingly because I hold Mr Summers in high regard as a journalist, that his and his wife's book is simply a rehashing of old newspaper articles. How can you conduct an in-depth investigation of this case without interviewing the McCanns ? How can you know what was going on behind the scenes diplomatically if the Foreign Office will not comment ?

One day a definitive book about this case will be written. Sadly I'm afraid Mr Summers is not it.

When someone (preferably notable) writes that Gerry dumped Madeleine's body in a bin, you'll be happy ...

[Mr Gray]

No matter what side of the fence you sit on Benice it is obvious from the early reports, disappointingly because I hold Mr Summers in high regard as a journalist, that his and his wife's book is simply a rehashing of old newspaper articles. How can you conduct an in-depth investigation of this case without interviewing the McCanns ? How can you know what was going on behind the scenes diplomatically if the Foreign Office will not comment ?

One day a definitive book about this case will be written. Sadly I'm afraid Mr Summers is not it.

Yet you described the recent video as..."an interesting video"......no criticism of the sources on that occasion

[faithlilly]

I truly can't believe that YOU believe the book is just a re-hashing of old newspaper articles Faith.   I'd thought better of you.

Anyway I have ordered the book and shall reserve judgement until I've read it.

In the meantime I fully expect the 'smear campaign' against the authors to continue and to escalate.    Very sad IMO.

(Must go out now).   

In my correspondence with Mr Summers he assured me that my early assumptions may be changed after reading his book.  Early indications make it unlikely but I live in hope Benice.

[faithlilly]

Yet you described the recent video as..."an interesting video"......no criticism of the sources on that occasion

If you read my posts after the initial posting of the video you will see that I am very critical of Mr Hall davel.

[Angelo222]

Utter rubbish.

They are rehashing old stories and making money from it.

....and that is truly pathetic, and rthen some.

I just saw the Sky News report and the interview that Brunty had with the authors and all I can think of is WTF??    Talk about rehashed BOLLOCKS

Abduction?  What abduction??

[faithlilly]

I just saw the Sky News report and the interview that Brunty had with the authors and all I can think of is WTF??    Talk about rehashed BOLLOCKS

Exactly Angelo !

[Angelo222]

These two are a disgrace making money out of the disappearance of a little helpless tot.

[stephen25000]

I just saw the Sky News report and the interview that Brunty had with the authors and all I can think of is WTF??    Talk about rehashed BOLLOCKS

Abduction?  What abduction??

Just a pair of weirdos making money out of Madeleine and rehashing old stories.

As you said, BOLLOCKS. Pure BOLLOCKS.

[Alfred R Jones]

In my correspondence with Mr Summers he assured me that my early assumptions may be changed after reading his book.  Early indications make it unlikely but I live in hope Benice.

I do hope Mr Summers includes a reference to your correspondence with him in his book.   Do you think this book was writtne without carrying out any interviews with anyone involved in the case at all?

[Alfred R Jones]

What I find astounding is that sceptics have nothing to say about these attacks on children in the Algarve apart from to ridicule them and / or make out they have been invented by Team McCann which is clearly an absurd accusation, as it implies that Team McCann now includes two highly respected journalists. 

[Alfred R Jones]

From another article in today's Sun on Sunday

Summers and Swan are clear there is no evidence Gerry and Kate were guilty of wrongdoing.
But they believe missteps by both Portuguese and British police during the initial investigation hindered the hunt to find Madeleine.

Swan said: “Given what the McCanns have been through, I think you would have to ask yourself, “Would I have had the courage and the stamina to carry on the way they have done?”

“People who vilified them should set aside their prejudices and read the evidence before making up their minds.”
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Chance would be a fine thing!

[Montclair]

What I find astounding is that sceptics have nothing to say about these attacks on children in the Algarve apart from to ridicule them and / or make out they have been invented by Team McCann which is clearly an absurd accusation, as it implies that Team McCann now includes two highly respected journalists.

As someone who has lived in the Algarve for almost 40 years and worked in the tourism business, I am most inclined to believe that these "attacks" on children did not even take place. Everyone here would have known about them. I always worked in Carvoeiro and nobody ever heard of these alleged attacks. 

[Alice Purjorick]

Given that the authors are that by profession do we believe the book was written and published for reasons of altruism and truth or financial gain?
Did the authors have access to police files that were not available to the general public following the archiving of the case in 2008?
Have the authors interviewed anyone who was not interviewed by the police who has information germane to the case?
Have The MPS made the authors party to information gained during the pursuance of Operation Grange that is not already in the public domain?
If yes to the last three questions the book may be worth reading; if no to the last three questions it is hard to envisage the book being anything other than another interpretation of the established data.
Read it to find out I guess.

[Mr Gray]

As someone who has lived in the Algarve for almost 40 years and worked in the tourism business, I am most inclined to believe that these "attacks" on children did not even take place. Everyone here would have known about them. I always worked in Carvoeiro and nobody ever heard of these alleged attacks.

not surprising as it seems the Portuguese police cover up these incidents to protect tourism

[Alfred R Jones]

As someone who has lived in the Algarve for almost 40 years and worked in the tourism business, I am most inclined to believe that these "attacks" on children did not even take place. Everyone here would have known about them. I always worked in Carvoeiro and nobody ever heard of these alleged attacks.

In which case you must believe that a very large number of people are involved in a major plot to deceive the British public - including Pulitzer prize winning authors who claim to have interviewed the parents of children attacked.  Is this the case?