88 Days: The Abduction of Jayme Closs: A Shocking True Crime Story

by Rod Kackley

Survival. Justice. Hope.A thirteen-year-old girl is kidnapped, ripped from the arms of her murdered mother by a man who fantasized about someday abducting a girl, any girl, and making her his own.Living under a bed for most of her eighty-eight days of captivity, the girl never gives up hope. Then one day, left alone, she seizes her opportunity and runs to freedom. Will she make it? If she does run to freedom, can her life ever be the same again?88 The Abduction of Jayme Closs is the most compelling, shocking true crime story you’ve ever read. Previously published as part of a short story collection titled Kalamazoo’s Suitcase Killer, author Rod Kackley has republished this amazing true crime thriller as a stand-alone true crime novel, and packed it with new information.88 The Abduction of Jayme Closs is more than a shocking true crime story; it’s a thrilling story of survival, justice, and above all, hope.

Genres: True Crime

95 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 20, 2020

About the author

I quit my job to write. That’s how much love writing. It’s also an indication of how utterly frustrated I was with my life as a middle manager in a national corporation. Mid-life crisis? No, I don’t think so. It’s more that I saw the finish line approaching more rapidly than I expected thirty years before.

What I am is what I write.

The characters in the St. Isidore Collection, the people who live in this town I have created in my mind, all contain some thread of me. Let’s be honest. I write what I know. And I know the frustration of listening to the millennials at work talk about their plans for the next thirty years, and suddenly realizing I don’t have thirty years left.

For Henry Branson, the protagonist in the short story, Revenge is Best Served Bloody, you’ll see that thread taken to its extreme.

Adam King, a central player in Wicked Revenge: Book 2 From the St.Isidore Collection is a middle-aged guy who quit his job to follow his dream and open a bookstore.

Bree, the protagonist in A Wicked Plan: Book 1 From the St. Isidore Collection is not a middle-aged woman. She’s a teenager. But Bree already feels the frustration that people more than twice her age experience. She feels like others are holding her back and Bree is willing to do whatever it takes to get them out of her way.

There are others in St. Isidore, who only want to love and be loved. They believe the fantasy and are willing whatever they have to do to make it come true.

Beth is the perfect example of that. She is a supporting player in A Wicked Plan, but a central character in Wicked Revenge. Beth loves Bree. She wants Bree. All Beth wants is for Bree to want and adore her. Then Beth finds out Bree is cheating on her with Melinda. What do you think Beth does?

What would you do?

And then there is Tim. Destined to become St. Isidore's most celebrated criminal, all he wants is to be loved. Does he have to kill all the women who reject him?

I see myself in all of my friends in St. Isidore. Well, maybe not Tim, but most of them. Hopefully, you will too.

Welcome to the St. Isidore Collection. It's more than a series of dark, realistic and sometimes supernatural, paranormal, noir fiction.

The St. Isidore Collection is a community. Want to be our neighbor?

Rod

Reviews

[belinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

First heard of this story when I was listening to a podcast and that's what prompted me to buy the book. It's such a tragic story that does have a happy ending in that Jayme survives. I truly don't u understand the mind set of some people in this world.

[Crystal M · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is supposed to cover the abduction of jayme closs and the murder of her parents but it covers the investigation and search for her more than anything. There are loads of typos and not much is known about the day to day of her 88 days in captivity. Wouldn’t recommend.

[Alissa Poirier · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall this just wasn’t well written. It didn’t talk much about the actual crime, but more about the aftermath. I finished this because it was such a quick read but if it were any longer I would not have been able to get through it.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short story

Interesting book. I didn't care too much for the style he wrote it in. It was a bit stifling to me. But it is an interesting story, and I'm thankful it turned out like it did.

[Christina Severdia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fast read but, it was good to hear her story.

[sequoia spirit · Rating 3 out of 5]

this wasn't a bad read, very short.. i wanted to know more about her 88 days in captivity..

[Kristina Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I Love this book he got what he deserves and i hope she continues to get stronger with her life.

[Taylor Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've heard this true crime story before, but the writing of the book was good. The audible narrator wasn't that bad, especially for AI Narration.

[Emily Perryman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I expected. Since this happened in my state, I was interested in a refresher or maybe an update. I guess I just still don’t get why? Impulse? That’s it? Just seems.. off.