Customer Review: If you enjoyed Daniel Stashower's "The Beautiful Cigar Girl," or either of Erik Larson's books, "The Devil in the White City" or "Thunderstruck," you should find "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" good reading. Like those other books, the author treats the story of a true crime like a prism through... more info
Customer Review: It's easy to love the story of a true eccentric, and Marion "Joe" Carstairs does not disappoint in this regard. Born in America in 1900 and heiress to the Standard Oil fortune, she left home at age 11 and spent her youth adventuring in Europe--it is hard, in fact, to shake off the impression that... more info