The Rolling Stone reporter's "fascinating . . . globe-trotting, first-person spiritual odyssey" into the Catholic Church's investigations of reported miracles ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer).In a tiny, dilapidated trailer in northeastern Oregon, a young woman saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in an ordinary landscape painting hanging on her bedroom wall. After some skepticism from the local parish, the matter was placed "under investigation" by the Ca...

A journalist's story of corruption in the LAPD and hip-hop's most infamous murders—"the most thorough examination of these much-publicized events" (Renée Graham, The Boston Globe).Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan follows Russell Poole, a highly decorated LAPD detective who, in 1997, was called to investigate a controversial cop-on-cop shooting, eventually to discover that the officer killed was tied to Marion "Suge" Knight's notorious gangsta rap labe...

An in-depth look into the history of a Canadian island rumored to hold buried treasure and of centuries of failed attempts to claim the riches.Updated with new material from the authorIn 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Early excavators uncovered a clay-lined shaft containing layers of soil interspersed with wooden platforms, but wh...

The investigative biography of Michael Jackson's final years: "A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before" (ABC Nightline).When Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, millions of fans around the world were shocked. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his loss was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for years and undone by financial mismanagement, Jackson had become untouchable in many quarters.Untouchable

The author of LAbyrinth exposes the cover-up surrounding Biggie Smalls' murder with exclusive material from the FBI and his estate's wrongful death suit.In his 2002 book LAbyrinth, acclaimed music journalist Randall Sullivan revealed the story of "gangsta cops" tied to Marion "Suge" Knight's rap label, Death Row Records—and allegedly to the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Now in Dead Wrong, Sullivan chronicles more than a ...

Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star GameAmerica was still reeling from the crash. Breadlines stretched around city blocks, and shantytowns sprawled in the shadows of skyscrapers. American optimi...

Part true crime story, part religious and literary history, an investigation into the nature of evil and the figure of the Devil by acclaimed journalist Randall SullivanThroughout history, humans have struggled to explain the evils of the world and the darkest parts of ourselves. The Devil’s Best Trick is a unique and far-reaching investigation into evil and the myriad ways we attempt to understand it – particularly through the figure of the Devil....

“Sullivan has done what every aspiring true crime writer hopes to do: He has crossed the line from titillation into cultural history.”—Los Angeles TimesThe shocking story of Joe Hunt and the downfall of the Billionaire Boys Club — from social investing group to Ponzi scheme to murderers — told in a propulsive narrative by Randall Sullivan, now updated with a new afterword and soon to be a CNN miniseriesWhen it first came to the pub...

A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history—and present—of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the worldOff the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it’s nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific.Two thousand ships have been wrecked ...

“The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop’s convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.”—Los Angeles Times“A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again.”—People“A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before.”—ABC Nightline

Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star Game1933. America was still reeling from the crash. Breadlines stretched around city blocks and shanty– towns sprawled in the shadows of skyscrapers. American o...

Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan brilliantly renders a snapshot of America struggling to find its footing amid the ravages of the Great Depression, told through the story of the first all-star baseball game in Major League historyIn July of 1933, America was at or near the lowest point in its history. It was revived, in part, by a World’s Fair staged in the city of Chicago and the baseball game that became the centerpiece of it.Franklin Roosevelt had b...