American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin
"[A] clever companion piece to The Run of His Life (1996), his book about the O. J. Simpson case. Mr. Toobin has used the same winning formula of delving deeply into an American crime story that had tremendous notoriety in its day and retelling it with new resonance. Ms. Hearst’s tale is much more bizarre than Mr. Simpson’s... [I]n an age of terrorism, the chronicle of how a sedate heiress named Patricia morphed into a gun-toting, invective-spouting revolutionary calling herself Tania holds a definite fascination."
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry
“Crisp, powerful prose...Chaudry’s description of the PCR hearing in Adnan’s Story is utterly riveting―high stakes, a breakneck pace, brilliant expert witnesses.”
“Springsteen can write—not just life-imprinting song lyrics but good, solid prose that travels all the way to the right margic...And like a fabled Springsteen concert—always notable for its deck-clearing thoroughness —Born to Run achieves the sensation that all the relevant questions have been answered by the time the lights are turned out. He delivers the story of Bruce—in digestibly short chapters—via an informally steadfast Jersey plainspeak that’s worked and deftly detailed and intimate with its readers—cleareyed enough to say what it means when it has hard stories to tell, yet supple enough to rise to occasions requiring eloquence—sometimes rather pleasingly subsiding into the syntax and rhythms of a Bruce Springsteen song."
Powerhouse:
The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency by James Andrew Miller
“Powerhouse delivers a
chronicle of vaunting ambition, immense wealth and power, and personal betrayal
all the more astonishing in a business ostensibly built on loyalty and trust…
Even more impressive is Miller’s ability to get nearly everyone involved not
only to talk but also go on the record.”
Filthy Rich: A
Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal that Undid Him, and All the Justice that
Money Can Buy - The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein by James Patterson
and John Connolly
James Patterson … has churned out another book, only this time
it’s a real-life whodunit. Or perhaps, since the reader learns on page 2 who
did it (and did soft time eight years ago), this potboiler is more of a
“why-did-he-get-off-so-lightly?”
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