Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's death. At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sandstone. North Head, one of the most memorable cliffs, is a gorgeous place to watch the sunrise. But it's an unforgiving place to lose your footing. When Steve Johnson's younger brother Scott went over the edge in 1988, he hit an outcrop on the way down and exploded on the rocks below. A Thousand Miles from Care draws upon the mountain of exclusive materials Steve amassed over his 32-year fight for answers, including sealed court transcripts, police records, interviews with suspects, inquest reports, correspondence with gang members, private investigations, and much else. It utilizes unique details, interview transcripts and insights based on Johnson's close relationship with authorities and high-ranking New South Wales officials developed over more than three decades.
This profoundly impactful book traces the steps Steve Johnson, his family and friends took to solve the mystery of Scott's alleged suicide, navigating an openly hostile police force and a maze of dead ends, unreliable informants, skinhead gangs, a faked confession, police-connected drug rings, and setbacks at every turn. A Thousand Miles from Care is above all, a love story between two brothers but shared by everyone who worked so long for truth and justice for Scott. Gold title * This is a police procedural that uncovers shocking corruption and homophobia in Australia's police force and wider society and follows a brother's decades long fight for justice * The case has inspired the Sackar commission which is ongoing in Australia; this is a much bigger story that one brother's search for justice * There is a mega holywood film in development with a very high calibre of talent attached * ABC and Disney and have a stunningly powerful four-part documentary series called 'Never Let him Go' Competition: About A Son; The Secret Barrister; In Cold Blood; The Devil You Know; Bad Blood; Unlawful Killings; A Thread of Violence; Wicked Beyond Belief. David Whitehouse; The Secret Barrister; Truman Capote; Gwen Adshead; Patrick Radden Keefe; John Carreyou; Wendy Joseph; Mark O'Connell; Michael Bilton.