The Spider
Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
New York : Crown, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xviii, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Who was Jeffrey Epstein? A Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist unearths never-before-reported details in the most comprehensive account yet of the disgraced financier's life, death, and criminal web, including the role of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Contents:
Introduction: The spider's lair -- Part one: The boy from Brooklyn. Wonder Wheel ; To sir, with love ; Money never sleeps ; The "Cosmo" guy ; Dirty deeds, dirty money ; Patron -- Part two: High society. Daddy's little girl ; Power couple ; No angel ; The Palm Beach neighbor ; Alarm bells -- Part three: Breaking bad. The runaway ; 24-karat prison ; The "negative charisma" prince ; Friends in high places ; The spider ; Burn everything ; Weird science -- Part four: The emperors have no clothes. Royal Palm High ; Florida justice ; Operation leap year ; Acosta: the inside man ; Rock star -- Part five: Justice delayed. Sympathy for the devil ; Notorious ; Civil actions ; Underground news ; Midnight in Paris -- Part six: Secrets to the grave. The sting ; Favor bank ; Jailhouse confessions ; Night moves ; Sideshow ; Postmortem -- Part seven: A never-ending story. Cheating justice ; "Tuckedaway" ; A most wanted woman ; Out of the woodwork -- Afterword: "A whole lot of gray".
Subjects:
Epstein, Jeffrey, 1953-2019.
Maxwell, Ghislaine.
Sex offenders -- United States -- Biography.
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Sex scandals.
Corruption -- United States.
Epstein, Jeffrey, 1953-2019.
Maxwell, Ghislaine.
Sex offenders -- United States -- Biography.
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Sex scandals.
Corruption -- United States.
ISBN:
9780593237182
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Epstein, Jeffrey | Northeast Indoors | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-356) and index.