A Cold Case | |
Author: | Philip Gourevitch |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Genre: | True crime |
Publisher: | Picador |
Release Date: | July 10, 2002 |
Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
Pages: | 192 pp |
Isbn: | 978-0-312-42002-4 |
Dewey: | 364.15/23/097471 21 |
Congress: | HV6534.N5 G68 2002 |
Oclc: | 49582857 |
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.
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.
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.