6.6 /10 1 Votes
Country United States Publication date July 10, 2002 Pages 192 pp Originally published 10 July 2002 Publisher Picador | 3.3/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (Paperback) ISBN 978-0-312-42002-4 OCLC 49582857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Novel, Crime Fiction, True crime Similar The Ballad of Abu Ghraib, We Wish to Inform You That Tom, The Risk Pool, The Paris Review Interview, You Hide That You Hate Me | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Cold Case is a 2002 work of nonfiction by Philip Gourevitch. A film adaptation of the book starring Tom Hanks was attempted, but the project did not enter production.
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Plot summary
A Cold Case follows real-life chief investigator Andy Rosenzweig from the Manhattan District Attorney's office as he investigates the 1970 murders of Richie Glennon and Pete McGinn, a case which was seemingly closed too soon. An ex-con, Frank Gilbert Koehler, is finally arrested in 1997.
Film adaptation
A Cold Case was originally slated to have a film adaptation starring Tom Hanks after the actor's performances in The Terminal (2004) and The Ladykillers (2004). Director Mark Romanek was signed to helm the project with a script by John Sayles and Eric Roth, but when Hanks chose to do The Polar Express (2004) instead, the project came to a halt.