Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time
'His book drips with the hothouse milieu of wartime Nassau. His exposition of the trial is both lively and convincing in its analysis... Lucid and ingeniously argued.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A fascinating book written with exemplary thoroughness...the last word on this endlessly compelling tale.' William Boyd, DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Fascinating in its evocation of life in Nassau during World War II.' DAILY MAIL 'James Owen has re-examined the evidence and produced a fascinating account of the murky lives of the idle rich.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Here is an extraordinary portrait of a society bound together by secrets, and blown apart by scandal.' SEVEN, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'One of the world's famously unsolved crimes...a fascinating case full of atmosphere' OBSERVER