Security Breach: The Murder of Tod Mcquaid

By Jan McQuaid

Life is happy and uneventful for Jan McQuaid, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She has a nice home, a loving husband, and successful children. Then comes the awful, heartbreaking news: Her son Tod... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585010472
• ISBN13: 9781585010479
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Ceshore Pub Co
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

The Unintended Victims

This a a compelling true story in which the author is able chronicle events while she reflects back as being a part of them. It is a gripping tale which I could not put down from Start to Finish. Not a hard read, but an honest one which shows how a grotesque and senseless criminal act can affect so many people even if they are not the "intended" victim.The author's format works, starting with an eleven year old daughter's letter to a deceased father, killed when she was 6. The author walks through the story of what happened and how it is resolved. Then the book ends with a poem from the same daughter written when she was 17 and shows that the hurt and pain of this daughter, family, and friends can never fully go away when a violent crime like this happens. This book opened my eyes. I will forever look at crimes I hear about on television or read about in the newspaper in a new light. I will rethink a family's perspective when a tragedy occurs and know that each of us can play a role in ensuring justice is carried out and being supportive of those involved. I wept as I read; I have recurring visions of descriptions and elements the author details; I applaud the strength which is demonstrated in this story and the triumphs which perservere. I will remember this story for a long time.