John Walsh provided good background information on the cases he covered in this book, I thought. The only thing about this book that irritated me was how often he went on and on about how great America's Most Wanted is. I know AMW is a good show and that John Walsh and AMW have helped families of missing children and have helped to capture fugitives, but I could've done without John Walsh tooting his own horn and that of AMW's on every other page of this book. ( )