London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

This was outstanding. It chronicles the death of 19-year-old Zac Brettler, who jumped from the balcony of a luxury apartment in 2019. It turns out that he had been pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch, and had fallen in with some very unsavory characters. His parents find the police investigation inadequate, and so when a reporter for The New Yorker offers to investigate the events that led to their son's death, they accept.

I am picky about my nonfiction. I read enough proper history books written by history professors with footnotes and the whole deal that I cannot get into a lot of pop history titles where the research has obvious flaws. But the research here was meticulous. The author benefits from the fact that Zac's parents recorded a lot of conversations in the aftermath of their son's death.

I was riveted throughout, and I found the author's conclusions convincing. If you're a fan of narrative nonfiction or true crime, I recommend this highly.