Summers & Swan - A new book - Looking For Madeleine

[Mr Gray]

More than a few hotels now no longer provide this service on the grounds it is an unsafe practice.

but many still do

[DCI]

Pre Ordered mine for kindle.

Product Description

The 2007 disappearance of a three-year-old Madeleine McCann from her bed in Portugal proved an instant, worldwide sensation. There's been nothing like it since America's Lindbergh kidnapping eighty years ago.

Award-winning authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan have produced the first independent, objective account of the case. They have examined the released Portuguese files, conducted in-depth interviews and original research to answer the questions: What can we really know about this most emotive of cases? What can we learn from it?

The Portuguese police probe ran into a dead end. Parents Gerry and Kate McCann, however, have never given up the search for Madeleine. They blitzed the media, hired private detectives, kept the case in the public eye. Speculation that the McCanns played a role in their daughter's fate, the authors demonstrate, is unfounded.

Scotland Yard's 'investigative review', ordered by the Prime Minister and begun in 2011, identified some 200 potential leads. The Yard's suspects have included a mystery paedophile who preyed on other British children. The Detective Chief Inspector heading the probe has said the little girl may still be alive.

The McCann family's private tragedy has touched millions around the world and aroused sometimes dark controversy. Looking for Madeleine is the most definitive account possible.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Looking-For-Madeleine-Anthony-Summers-ebook/dp/B00M407EGM/ref=tmm_kin_title_0

[John]

I cannot see this book or any book on the subject of Madeleine McCann's disappearance for that matter adding anything of significance to the investigation. Madeleine's fate is still unknown so no prizes for guessing that Summers and Swan wont solve it.  The book for what its worth will have paid some bills for them in the meantime while those who invested in its pages ponder its significance if any.

Without hesitation I would say that the information already available to us at the moment is about as good as it gets and unless there is a major breakthrough I cannot see that changing.  A book which isn't based on hard evidence serves little purpose in any serious investigation.

[Brietta]

I cannot see this book or any book on the subject of Madeleine McCann's disappearance for that matter adding anything of significance to the investigation. Madeleine's fate is still unknown so no prizes for guessing that Summers and Swan wont solve it.  The book for what its worth will have paid some bills for them in the meantime while those who invested in its pages ponder its significance if any.

Without hesitation I would say that the information already available to us at the moment is about as good as it gets and unless there is a major breakthrough I cannot see that changing.  A book which isn't based on hard evidence serves little purpose in any serious investigation.

There is so much misinformation out there that perhaps the authors decided it was time to redress the balance with a properly researched book.

[stephen25000]

There is so much misinformation out there that perhaps the authors decided it was time to redress the balance with a properly researched book.

The book is simply a means of making money.

Do they have access to all the case files ?

Have they interviewed anyone to do with the case ?

[Brietta]

The book is simply a means of making money.

Do they have access to all the case files ?

Have they interviewed anyone to do with the case ?

They are investigative journalists so I would be amazed if they had not interviewed extensively. Based on other works, that is their MO.

[stephen25000]

They are investigative journalists so I would be amazed if they had not interviewed extensively. Based on other works, that is their MO.

The question is then, who have they interviewed ?

[Mr Gray]

I cannot see this book or any book on the subject of Madeleine McCann's disappearance for that matter adding anything of significance to the investigation. Madeleine's fate is still unknown so no prizes for guessing that Summers and Swan wont solve it.  The book for what its worth will have paid some bills for them in the meantime while those who invested in its pages ponder its significance if any.

Without hesitation I would say that the information already available to us at the moment is about as good as it gets and unless there is a major breakthrough I cannot see that changing.  A book which isn't based on hard evidence serves little purpose in any serious investigation.

I agree with you John. The only interest will depend on who they have interviewed, including the McCanns. Will they give an independent expert analysis of the dna evidence...the dog evidence. Will they discuss the smith sighting....when you think about it ,it could be quite interesting

[faithlilly]

I agree with you John. The only interest will depend on who they have interviewed, including the McCanns. Will they give an independent expert analysis of the dna evidence...the dog evidence. Will they discuss the smith sighting....when you think about it ,it could be quite interesting

I think it's going to be very interesting Dave as much for the information they leave out as for that which they include. I know Mr Summers is aware of the link between the McCanns and Correia via Metodo3. It will be interesting to see how he deals with the episode, if at all.

[Mr Gray]

I think it's going to be very interesting Dave as much for the information they leave out as for that which they include. I know Mr Summers is aware of the link between the McCanns and Correia via Metodo3. It will be interesting to see how he deals with the episode, if at all.

depends what you mean by the link.....Correia...oversaw the dam project in conjunction with m3...is there really anymore to it than that apart from forum myths

[Mr Gray]

This is going to be another massive promotion for the innocence of the mccanns ...of that we can be pretty sure

[stephen25000]

This is going to be another massive promotion for the innocence of the mccanns ...of that we can be pretty sure

'of that we can be pretty sure'

Well you can be.

[faithlilly]

depends what you mean by the link.....Correia...oversaw the dam project in conjunction with m3...is there really anymore to it than that apart from forum myths

I suppose we will have to wait until the book is published to see the extent and results of Mr Summers research.

[Wonderfulspam]

And quite how they manage to weasel their way round Smithdad (with his buttoned trousers) being a suspect, despite the difference in the childs pyjamas.

The Pyjama changing paedo from a Portuguese gang.

He is still out there & he could strike again!!!

[Brietta]

And quite how they manage to weasel their way round Smithdad (with his buttoned trousers) being a suspect, despite the difference in the childs pyjamas.

The Pyjama changing paedo from a Portuguese gang.

He is still out there & he could strike again!!!

Oh lordy, lordy ... the pity of it all is that they didn't send you a questionnaire WS, think of the wonders you could have imparted to them – what an oversight. 

A chapter! Bet they would have scrapped their research and written a whole book about your theories. 

But wait a minute … somebody beat you to it and managed to get his theories into a book first … name will come to me in a minute.