Good Cop/Bad Cop: The True Story of Murder and Mayhem

by Rebecca Cofer - Dartt, David McElligott

When the Harris family was found brutally murdered, chief investigator David McElligott began an investigation and breathed a sigh of relief when the police's rising star, David Harding, found the murderer's fingerprints and solved the case in just six weeks.
However, McElligott suspected Harding was not a hero and continued his own private investigations. Two years later, federal authorities announced Harding had falsified evidence and perjured himself to bring about a conviction.

Genres: True Crime

200 pages, Hardcover

First published April 10, 1994

Reviews

[Sheri]

This is a true story about a normal family robbed & brutally murdered & about a career criminal who was cornered & shot by police, but a dirty cop falsifies fingerprints to place the criminal's mother at the scene as well, and she is wrongfully convicted.



This book really held my interest - read it in less than a week. It is a horrible crime & story, written by a lady who lived near the town where the crime occurred.

[Tricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

NOT for the faint of heart. Having lived down the road from this family and having followed the details in the paper/on the radio of this murder it was interesting to read a full accounting from the perspective of the police, investigators and DA on the case-as told by a local writer.

[Celia Sweet · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I already knew, there are good ones and bad ones. Only human nature.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So well-written, a captivating real-life drama. Highly recommend!