Jill Elizabeth's Reviews > The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

I thought this was fascinating - I was not at all aware of Mrs. Mandelbaum, but am delighted to have peeked behind her nefarious curtains! I hadn't read Fox before, although had heard of her work (most notably the Conan Doyle book). I'm definitely going to have to look into her further now. She does a very nice job painting a picture of a time and place with details that resonate and bring the past to life. I found the level of description to be appropriate to an engaging narrative rather than a textbook-feeling piece of non-fiction.