Broken Plea

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781400257140
  • Weight: 557g
  • Dimensions: 162 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Jul 2026
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 

Was there more than one killer? Had the crime scene been cleaned and sanitized before the police arrived? Was furniture staged to throw off detectives? In one of the most extraordinary true crime stories ever published, Broken Plea questions what really happened in the house on King Road—and the results of that investigation will astound you.

In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four lives were lost in a brutal crime in Moscow, Idaho—and a nation demanded answers. When a suspect accepted a plea bargain, the story seemed settled. Justice, many believed, had been served.

Broken Plea challenges that assumption.

Drawing on court records, investigative timelines, witness statements, and apparently overlooked inconsistencies, this meticulously researched exposé examines how a rush to judgment may have shaped one of the most closely watched murder cases in recent memory. As the official narrative hardened, critical leads went unexplored, contradictory evidence was minimized, and alternative explanations faded from view.

This book does not claim certainty where none exists. Instead, it asks the questions that were never fully pursued: What happens when pressure to close a case outweighs the search for truth? What evidence may have been sidelined, and why? And what are the consequences when a plea doesn’t end scrutiny but invites it?

Clear-eyed, unsparing, and deeply unsettling, Broken Plea reopens the case—and invites readers to look again at what justice demands when the truth remains unresolved.

Christopher Whitcomb is a writer, entrepreneur, and former FBI Hostage Rescue Team sniper with operational experience in more than thirty countries. He is the bestselling author of Cold Zero: Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and the novels Black and White. He has written for numerous publications and studios including The New York Times, GQ, Netflix, CBS Films, and HBO. He has a BA from Hamilton College and an MA from the University of Virginia. 

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