Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins
Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins
The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her -- crushed her under his weight -- and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict. But what really happened? Why do so many people at the party have conflicting stories? Why is the prosecution hiding witnesses? Why is Hearst so determined to see Arbuckle convicted?
And why are there body parts missing from the autopsied corpse?
In desperation, Arbuckle's defense team hires an operative from the famed Pinkerton detective agency to investigate and, they hope, discover the truth. The agent's name is Dashiell Hammett... and what he discovers will change American legal history -- and his own life forever.
Inspired by a true story, it includes a never-before-published behind-the-book feature about the real crime and characters who inspired the book.
Berkley, Softcover, 2009
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.