Abbot Kahler (formerly known as Karen Abbott) is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City; American Rose; Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy; and The Ghosts of Eden Park. A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City.
“Few authors write as colorfully and compellingly about the past as
Karen Abbott, particularly when bad behavior is involved.
In The Ghosts of Eden Park, we meet the audacious,
larger-than-life ‘King of the Bootleggers,’ George Remus, and the
equally fascinating women who will seal his fate. Sex and
greed, corruption and revenge, oceans of illegal booze—Abbott’s
action-packed, riveting tale has it all.”—Paula McLain, New
York Times bestselling author of The Paris
Wife and Love and Ruin
“Karen Abbott has long shown a formidable talent for rescuing
Gothic stories from the noirish margins of American history.
In The Ghosts of Eden Park, she's done it once
again. Here is a high-proof narrative from the Age of Excess,
populated with real-life gangsters and flapper girls, but also with
plenty of surprising characters who cut against type. This
Prohibition-era tale of trapdoors and false bottoms, of wicked
pleasures and brilliant deceptions, springs to life on the page—and
has Hollywood written all over it.”—Hampton Sides, New York
Times bestselling author of In the Kingdom of Ice
“A gripping true-crime narrative . . . [Abbott’s] research is
exemplary, and she lays out the details with a novelist’s deft
touch. [F. Scott Fitzgerald] would undoubtedly have appreciated
this heady cocktail of murder, intrigue and Jazz Age excess.”—The
Washington Post
“Karen Abbott tells the story of Remus’ rise and fall with a
novelist’s eye. . . . I was transfixed, not only by the incredible
research that informed this compulsively readable book but also by
what the story reveals about human nature, the interplay of
brilliant and unpredictable individuals and the societies in which
they live, and the way that greed, fame and lust can [corrupt]—and
have [corrupted—] the motives of both lovers and enemies. If you
are a fan of true crime, historical nonfiction and the Jazz Age,
this is not a book to miss.”—BookPage (starred review)
“Karen Abbott's newest is a page-turner, teasing readers with its
central mystery, and reaching its climactic final trial with a
satisfying bang.”—NPR
“Engrossing . . . This real-life page-turner will appeal to
fans of Erik Larson.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Abbott continues her inquiry into sensational yet forgotten
women’s lives in this riveting combination of social history and
true crime. . . . Smart and delectable [and] generating lots of
buzz.”—Booklist
“A spirited history . . . Abbott recounts in tense, vivid detail
Remus’s entanglement in intrigue, betrayal, madness, and violence.
An entertaining tale ripped from the headlines of Jazz Age
America.”—Kirkus Reviews
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