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Winner of the 2012 Independent Publisher Award (Bronze Medal, True Crime)

"One of the biggest cover-up cases I've ever seen, and I've seen it all." -Margaret McLean, author, former Boston prosecutor and Boston College Law Professor

In August of 1989, Duncan MacPherson, a Canadian pro hockey player, vanished without a trace in Europe. With no help from the police, his parents, Lynda and Bob, drove all over the Alps looking for him, and finally found his car at the Stubai Glacier, a popular ski resort near Innsbruck, Austria. Thus began their twenty-year struggle to discover why their son had disappeared after snowboarding on a beginner slope. Had he, as the local police suggested, wandered off the beaten track and died in a remote area, or had he (as certain signs indicated) been the victim of something sinister?

In the course of their search, the MacPhersons encountered an extraordinary cast of characters, including a 5,000-year-old ice mummy, an amnesiac initially thought to be Duncan, a renowned psychic with a disturbing vision, a charismatic ski resort developer, and a deceptively friendly forensic doctor. In 2009 they asked author John Leake to help them with their ongoing search for answers, and after a two-year investigation, he discovered the shocking reality of what happened to Duncan.

Cold a Long Time: An Alpine Mystery recounts the strange and agonizing odyssey of the MacPherson family. It is a story about tremendous love, perseverance, and the irrepressible desire to know the truth, literally at all costs. It is also the story of a twisted cover-up, committed by the ski resort, the local police, and high-ranking officials in Innsbruck. Leake's findings are the subject of the TV documentary "A Cold Case," produced by the fifth estate--Canada's premier investigative news show.

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"....as shocking and sinister as it is plausible." -Joe Pelletier, Hockey Book Reviews

"Leake skillfully and exhaustively takes a complex story and makes it eminently readable." -The Regina Leader-Post

"What a compelling read! I love this book." -John Gormley host of John Gormley Live

"Besides research and writing skills, John Leake brought some crucial assets to the project--fluency in German and a knowledge of the region, its politics, and economics." -Linden MacIntyre, host of the fifth estate

"Cold a Long Time is written with great clarity....an emotional, compelling book." -Mark Pulham, Crime Magazine

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John Leake went to Vienna, Austria on a graduate school scholarship and ended up living in the city for over a decade, working as a freelance writer and translator. His first book, Entering Hades, was a New York Times Sunday Book Review “Editors’ Choice,” a Men's Vogue "Best Book of 2007," and the inspiration of The Infernal Comedy, starring John Malkovich. For more information about Leake, please visit coldalongtime.com

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Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 30, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1467975915

ISBN-13: 978-1467975919

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

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Average Customer Review: 166 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #683,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A story that grabs you and won't let go
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I read this book over a year ago and I have thought about it many times since. It's the nightmare that every family prays will never happen to them. The death of a beloved young person is sad beyond belief. The sudden, unexplained disappearance of a loved one must be (if possible) even more anguishing.

Duncan MacPherson was a Canadian who played professional hockey - a big, physically-fit man who was known on the ice as "MacFearsome." At 23 years old, he seemed invincible. After being cut from his team in 1989, he took a job as a coach in Scotland. He flew to Germany several weeks before he needed to start his new job, intending to visit friends and do some sight-seeing in the Alps. He borrowed a car, headed south into Austria, and was never heard from again.

When his parents realized that he had failed to report for his job, they contacted the Canadian authorities, who assured them that all police stations and border guards would be alerted and would be on the look out for Duncan. But when Lynda and Bob MacPherson went to Austria and drove over the route that their son would have taken, NO ONE knew anything about him. With much reluctance, the Canadian consulate finally agreed to meet with them and admitted that Duncan's car had been located in the parking lot of a ski resort in the Stubai Valley. Guided by this, they found a snowboard instructor who remembered that Duncan had rented equipment and taken a class.

The Stubai Valley is an area of glaciers, some of which have been developed into ski slopes. The money that those ski resorts bring in is of great importance to the local economy. More important than human life, as the MacPhersons soon learned. For years they spent time and money trying to find clues about Duncan's disappearance. In the unusually hot summer of 2003, the ice melted enough that Duncan's body was finally found. He died on the slopes, but questions remain about how he died and how his body got into the glacial crevasse in which it lay hidden for four years.

This is a beautifully written story of two parents who never gave up looking for their son and who will never give up seeking justice for him. It's also a chilling story about greed and corruption and government indifference. Duncan's accident may have been unavoidable, but what happened to his parents is shameful. It's a memorable book.
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"How many carefree tourists had unwittingly skied over a dead man buried without a funeral?"
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Truth is definitely stranger than fiction in this superbly well-written account of a haunting twenty year odyssey taking two parents to the site of an Austrian ski slope time and time again as they struggle against overwhelming odds to uncover the mystery of how their own son seemingly vanished one day. All the better a book since this is the real deal complete with original photos, but several passages certainly draw you in irregardless as they would for any crime story including examples like "Something very strange is going on here, he thought" and "Though ghosts only exist in our minds, they do haunt us. Duncan's haunted his mother day and night, and he was starting to haunt me." One passage in particular did tickle me when the victim was but a boy that read' "Sure, dad can fix anything," Duncan once remarked. "His secret is cursing with a wrench in his hand" ' because it reminded me so much of my own father, but levity was generally few and far between in this exemplary memoir for obvious reasons. Book rightly deserves the highest praise and a full 5stars!
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but any lover of true stories would also enjoy this book
November 6, 2015
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This is the heart-breaking true story of the disappearance and death of Canadian hockey player Duncan MacPherson. “Cold A Long Time” tells the story of the 20 years that Duncan’s parents spent trying to find out what had happened to their son and the cover-up by authorities. In August of 1989 Duncan was traveling in Europe before taking up a coaching job in Scotland. He had been calling his mother on a regular basis but after missing a scheduled call time his parents began to be concerned. Then they received a call that he had never arrived in Scotland. No one could have imagined how difficult it would be for them to find out what their son’s fate had been.

John Leake expertly relates the MacPherson’s story, the obstacles they faced, and the strength and determination they showed in persisting with their search for answers. I found the story thoroughly engaging and really felt for the MacPherson’s and their heartbreak and frustration. This book would be an obvious choice for a hockey fan, but any lover of true stories would also enjoy this book. It may not be suitable for younger audiences as there are some difficult pictures of the body near the end. All in all a good read.
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A family broken
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All I can say is wow. What great strength Lynda and Bob MacPherson have shown throughout this horrendous ordeal and the cover up of the death of their 23 year old son. In August of 1989, Duncan MacPherson--a pro hockey player from Saskatoon, Canada, vanished without a trace in Europe. Lynda and Bob, drove all over the Alps looking for him, and finally found his car at the Stubai Glacier, a popular ski resort near Innsbruck, Austria. This began their twenty-year struggle to discover why their son had disappeared after snowboarding on a beginner slope. It seems that the police, the ski resort developer, and even the forensic doctor leads them around and around in circles. In 2009 they asked author John Leake to help them with their search for answers, and after a two-year investigation, he discovered the shocking reality of what happened. It is also the true story of a twisted cover-up, committed by the ski resort, the local police, and high-ranking officials in Innsbruck. It is unthinkable that this kind of cover up happened and could still be happening. No one has ever been charged for this crime but many people helped cover it up. I literally could not put this book down, I had to keep reading until I found some type of closure. What a remarkable story of a young life wasted and the lies told to cover up his death.
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Angela
Great book
I had watched Duncan play in Springfield and have always wondered about what happened to him. This book answered all my questions and then some.
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Gill
Mystery solved
This book was very interesting to read as it is very well written and is about what happened to a missing son and the persistence of his parents to learn the truth.Read more
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Julie
Ho hum....
First, let me say I really feel sorry for the parents , friends and family if this man who is at the center of the story.Read more
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Charlene
would have been so disappointed with the authorities and driven to find answers
Fairly well written book. I felt very sorry for the parents. I, too, would have been so disappointed with the authorities and driven to find answers.
Published 8 months ago
P. Bousman
Great book about a family let down by those in power who should have helped them find justice.
Great book about an extreme Injustice done to a whole family who were failed by their Canadian government, the Austrian government, the owners of the Alpine ski resort who covered...Read more
Published 10 months ago
Rose
Compelling
A tragic read all the way around. To loose someone and not able to get true answers why is hard on a person. Especially when so many people are involved.Read more
Published 1 year ago
Kiki the book worm
Interesting True Story
Well-written and meticulously researched story of two parents' search for their young adult son who vanished while on a trip in Europe.
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Page Turner but Yikes
I read this because I ran out of things to read and was reduced to browsing Kindle Unlimited's selection...Read more
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Qi4All
Fascinating
Very well researched and written chilling, no pun intended, account of the search for and recovery of the body of a young Canadian national, Duncan MacPherson.Read more
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dee
Sad
Excellent story and coverage of the missing and the actual story. How easy to hind the truth to save yourself.
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