Passing of Starr Faithfull

In this true crime reprint, Jonathan Goodman focuses his masterful detective skills on a criminal case that has inspired John O’Hara’s Butterfield 8, which became a major feature film. His account of the international scandal and media brouhaha surround “this mystery with the wonderful name”—the inexplicable death of young and beautiful Staff Faithfull in 1931—provides an authentic tale of the Jazz Age.