Fallen Son [Mass Market Paperback]

Mike Walsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1994

Relates the shocking tale of Charles Cohen, a young Delaware man who seemed to have it all, but who savagely battered his parents to death and then disappeared, only to continue killing in a coast-to-coast crime spree.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451404882
• ISBN-13: 978-0451404886
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,654,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Intense, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fallen Son (Mass Market Paperback)

I decided to read this book because it is about a Delaware man, Charles Cohen, who was in the prison Toastmasters program I sponsor. I found this book to be very intense. I was compelled to continue reading it, yet I didn't like what I was reading about. I knew and heard of several people mentioned in the book . . . Delaware is a small state. This book also mentioned that Charles had an aunt with the same uncommon last name as mine. I sat next to Charles one evening and asked him if that were true. He said, "Yes" and he asked if we were somehow related. We aren't. That was the last time I saw him, since while we were sitting there that night in the chapel, the largest prison-break in the history of Delaware was in progress in the same prison we were sitting in. Charles was transferred to another facility the next day. I highly recommend this book if you want to be kept on the edge of your seat...unfortunately the story is true.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charles was my best friend for awhile...., March 14, 2003

By 

Dan Stoffel "Geek, but not Dork" (Flagstaff, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fallen Son (Mass Market Paperback)

I grew up with Charlie Cohen, and we were best friends; he lived a block from me, and I spent a great deal of time at his house and with his parents. It was a shock to hear he had killed them and gone on the run, and I spent about 4 hours meeting with the author as he researched this book. I was quite impressed; overall, he was quite accurate in his depiction of the Charlie that I knew (but boy, did he change!). I do not read a great deal of true crime, but naturally I couldn't resist reading this. It's well-written, not over-sensationalist writing about a real tragedy.

4.0 out of 5 stars True Crime Readers - Read This, August 26, 2001

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Rebecca L. Addison (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fallen Son (Mass Market Paperback)

I was most impressed with this book. I am an avid reader, especially of true crime and mystery. Good true crime books are hard to find, and rarer still are those where the author allows me to "decide for myself." This story is presented in an understandable, yet exciting way, and by the end of the book I felt that I had peaked inside the lives of the perpetrator and the victims. Mr. Walsh obviously knew the people, took the time to gather facts, and used his remarkable talent to give readers a great story.