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  • An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators
  • By: Jeffrey L. Rinek, Marilee Strong
  • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
  • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (273 ratings)
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In the Name of the Children

By: Jeffrey L. Rinek, Marilee Strong
Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
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Summary

FBI Special Agent Jeff Rinek had a gift for getting child predators to confess. All he had to do was share a piece of his soul...

In the Name of the Children gives an unflinching look at what it's like to fight a never-ending battle against an enemy far more insidious than terrorists: the predators, lurking amongst us, who seek to harm our children.

During his 30-year career with the FBI, Jeff Rinek worked hundreds of investigations involving crimes against children: from stranger abduction to serial homicide to ritualized sexual abuse. Those who do this kind of work are required to plumb the depths of human depravity, to see things no one should ever have to see - and once seen can never forget. There is no more important - or more brutal - job in law enforcement, and few have been more successful than Rinek at solving these sort of cases.

Most famously, Rinek got Cary Stayner to confess to all four of the killings known as the Yosemite Park Murders, an accomplishment made more extraordinary by the fact that the FBI nearly pinned the crimes on the wrong suspects. Rinek's recounting of the confession and what he learned about Stayner provides perhaps the most revelatory look ever inside the psyche of a serial killer and a privileged glimpse into the art of interrogation.

In the Name of the Children takes listeners into the trenches of real-time investigations where every second counts and any wrong decision or overlooked fact can have tragic repercussions. Rinek offers an insider's perspective of the actual case agents and street detectives who are the boots on the ground in this war at home. By placing us inside the heart and mind of a rigorously honest and remarkably self-reflective investigator, we will see with our own eyes what it takes - and what it costs - to try to keep our children safe and to bring to justice those who prey on society's most vulnerable victims.

With each chapter dedicated to a real case he worked, In the Name of the Children also explores the evolution of Rinek as a Special Agent - whose unorthodox, empathy-based approach to interviewing suspects made him extraordinarily successful in obtaining confessions - and the toll it took to have such intimate contact with child molesters and murderers. Beyond exploring the devastating impact of these unthinkable crimes on the victims and their families, this audiobook offers an unprecedented look at how investigators and their loved ones cope while living in the specter of so much suffering.

©2018 Jeffrey L. Rinek and Marilee Strong (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with BenBella Books

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Interesting Audiobook

I can’t say this was an enjoyable audiobook just because of one fact…it involves the deaths of children and the sick fuckers who do this to them. It was a very interesting read and opened my eyes to how evil people can be to innocent kids and how the FBI and other services deal with the investigations and how this one man Mr Rinek was able to get people to confess to the horrific crimes.

This author doesn’t praise himself as an FBI god like some other authors books I’ve read / listened too. Each chapter is about a case and the resolution of it and how the author felt.

The last chapter is all about him and his family and how his work affected them all. It’s not all me me me….it’s the author expressing his feeling at times and how his family felt due to the emotions the author went through and I don’t blame him after listening to what he had been through on cases. I couldn’t have done what he done which shows what strength a character he is.

I’d like to recommend this to anyone who loves true crime or the FBI etc just be warned….it’s goes into graphic details of how the kids were killed and it isn’t easy listening.

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Fasintaing

Some of this was hard and unbelievable to listen to but fascinating none the less. What a brilliant job this man did. A true insight into the life of an FBI agent.

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disappointed

i was really looking forward to listening but the narrator was too robotic listen.

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Brillent narrator brillent sad story

One off the best narrators dont mind the negitive moaning melts in comments amazing book amazing stories some good some sad listemed to this all in one go 5 star brillent great narrator only issue is that he explained every detail like the terry stringer confession wow ye really milked that one with so much detail before hearing him confuss could off done with less details so sad to much evil in this world

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Fantastic Content

This book was excellent.

I feel bad saying this, but the only thing that spoiled the enjoyment was the narrator.

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Shockingly good

Loved the book. Broke my heart at times but the book kept me in the edge of my seat till the end

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An unusual read

This was not what I expected. It was much more focused on the life of the FBI agent. I found this an interesting read. I was not taken particularly with the narration style but I stuck with it. A real deep dive into the life and emotions of this particular agent.

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Dreadful

Couldn’t get past chapter 1. It may have been a decent book but unfortunately
as the narrator sounds like a robot!

































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Great story but bad narration

Superb and inspiring account of FBI agent dealing with vulnerable children, but the narrator sounds like an American game show host and spoils it

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Mixed views on this one.

The narrator was dreadful, he sounded more like a robot than a robot. The case studies were heartbreaking though. There were some interesting insights but not enough of them. I applaud Jeffrey though for his dedication. As I said, it's a mixed bag. How the narrator got his job I will never know. Unless he is a robot of course!

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