My father likes true crime, but nothing gory. He likes books that focus on the investigation. He read a book last year called Fool Me Once by Kelly Richmond Pope about financial crimes and really enjoyed it. He mentioned wishing he could find something similar.
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*Bad Blood* and *The Big Short* are some places to start. I’ve also enjoyed Laton McCartney’s book about The Teapot Dome Scandal. The podcasts Swindled and Darknet Diaries cover many frauds/scams, so he may also enjoy those, or it could be somewhere to learn of newsworthy scams that may have books written about them.
▪︎Bad Blood by John Carreyrou: Details the Theranos scandal and Elizabeth Holmes’ massive fraud.
▪︎Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe: Chronicles the Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis via aggressive marketing and deception. ▪︎The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind: Investigates the Enron collapse, blending case analysis with executive psychology.
▪︎Black Edge by Sheelah Kolhatkar: Covers SAC Capital’s insider trading schemes and the high-stakes world of hedge fund fraud.
▪︎Billion Dollar Whale by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope: Exposes the 1MDB scandal involving Malaysian financier Jho Low’s global money laundering.