![]() ![]() A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City. ![]() KAREN ABBOTT is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and, most recently, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, named one of the best books of the year by Library Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. The Ghosts of Eden Park is the epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times -bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. Scrupulously researched and packed with jaw-dropping details, The Ghosts of Eden Park is the most thrilling narrative I have read in a long time." -Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove and Beneath a Ruthless Sun Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City 'Karen Abbott has combined bodice-ripping salaciousness with top-notch scholarship to produce a work more vivid than a Hollywood movie. ![]() "In Karen Abbott's hands, the saga of bootlegger George Remus is more than just a rollicking tale of money, obsession, and murder (although it is certainly that), it's nonfiction's answer to The Great Gatsby and an instant classic. ![]()
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