Abducted

by James W. Murphy

Abduction, kidnapping, and human trafficking - words that bring fear into the heart of any parent of a young child. Author James W. Murphy brings to life Abducted, his sixth novel, a story about just such a tragedy. A Two-year old child is abducted from a young happy family in Cheyenn, Wyoming. Police find no evidence; no clues and no contacts are made by the kidnapper or abductors. No ransom demands. No reason or motive can be found as to why the child was taken-just gone-without a trace.Enter Detective Anita Wilson and Samuel Bishop, Cheyenne Police Department. After a year of no clues, their investigation has them feeling like they're chasing ghosts, but by an accidental finding in their computer research, and contact with another office in Colorado, they find a patern, on with horrific outcome. The investigation takes Detective Wilson and Bishop into nine states and shocking realization about their hometown, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Sinister beyond belief and heart wrenching to one's core, readers realize the horrors the Abducted endure.

288 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2024

About the author

Born on August 5, 1938, in Lexington Kentucky, Jim Murphy has spent a lifetime pursuing the skills of the sale. He started his career as an IBM salesman in the North Florida territory selling the IBM Selectric typewriter, which débuted in the early 1960s. Jim's outstanding performance as an IBM salesman caught the eye of the Florida branch manager for World Book Encyclopedia, owned by the Field Enterprises Corporation.

This is where Jim spent the bulk of his selling career as a door-to-door salesman, eventually breaking records and establishing himself as a successful branch manager. He earned the company’s highest awards in all categories — individual selling, service, recruiting and branch management. Some of his achievements at World Book included: the Superior Service Key Award, the Tree of Life Award (the company’s highest award for superiority in recruiting), the division manager’s Flying Circus recipient (the company’s highest overall sales honor) and an appointment to World Book’s President's Advisory Council.

Jim hired and trained over a thousand salespeople , a significant accomplishment for any company. He then took over branch operations in Kentucky, where his team consistently drove more than $5 million in sales revenue each year until he retired at the early age of 51. He then invested in the Toshiba copier and facsimile dealership in this area of the country and quickly grew that business into four offices and over eight million dollars in annual sales. Jim sold that company in the late 1990s and retired to his horse farm in Shelbyville, Kentucky.

Reviews

[Lora Stange · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abducted was an easy read. I bought it direct from the author at a vendor event. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed the book. Great local details and the story kept you thinking what next. I’ll add him to my list of camping reads. You know, don’t really need to read and reread to keep up on the story type books 🙂