especially when detective shaklee paid him a visit. >> he was looking at me like a caged animal.re huge. he -- it was really creepy. obviously, i wanted to talk to him. i wanted to get an interview with him and see if he would tell me something. and he immediately said, "i'm not talking to you, get -- get out of here." >> reporter: but across town someone was communicating. after spending five weeks in icu lydia tillman was transferred to a local rehab hospital. and a long, slow recovery began. >> hi, lydia. >> i showed her a video of my kids saying hello to her because they missed their aunt lydia. >> i want you to get better soon. >> and she got to the part where my 4-year-old started to talk. and she laughed and said "hi, lydia." >> hi, lydia. >> it was the first time i got to see her laugh, and i went, she's got memory, she can laugh. >> reporter: but detective gurule's murder case against travis forbes and his search for kenia monge had both stalled, nearly five months after kenia vanished and still no sign of her. but one day he got a call from the crime lab, requesting ano

"blond ghost" was his first book about ted shaklee and the cia, deep background, 99, it was a novel. the life of george w. bush. and hubris came out during the bush administration. "showdown" is the inside story of how obama fought back against the tea party. we didn't get to spend enough time with that. 's most recent along with michael isikoff, "russian roulette: the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump". we should let our audience know that in tucson, you will be at the tucson book fair the first weekend in march which is something we often cover live. thank you for being with us. >> guest: i've been a tremendous fan of c-span since the beginning. and thank you very much. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. you are watching booktv on c-span2.