From the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.
He lives in Oxford, Mississippi..
Petersburg Times, a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated).
Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St.
Parker\'s Spenser series.
In addition, he is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. and what he discovers will change American legal history--and his own life--forever About the Author: Ace Atkins is the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which--The Ranger and The Lost Ones--were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he also has a third Edgar nomination for his short story, "Last Fair Deal Gone Down").
The agent\'s name is Dashiell Hammett...
In desperation, Arbuckle\'s defense team hires an operative from the famed Pinkerton detective agency to investigate and, they hope, discover the truth.
William Randolph Hearst\'s newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict. says it was Arbuckle who killed her--crushed her under his weight--and brings him up on manslaughter charges.
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The D.
Francis Hotel-girls, jazz, bootleg hooch...and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe.
San Francisco, September 1921 Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St.
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history
