Mayhem: Unanswered Questions about the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US government and the Boston Marathon Bombing (Documentary Narratives) - Softcover

McPhee, Michele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586422618 ISBN 13: 9781586422615

Publisher: Steerforth Wholesale, 2020

Synopsis

In her book The Brothers, journalist Masha Gessen says questions still remaining about the Boston Marathon Bombing cases are: 'Where were the bombs made? And what has been Tamerlan's relationship to the FBI?' Investigative reporter McPhee goes a long way to answering these questions with revelations that will cast a spotlight on the US Government's relationship with the oldest brother, Tamerlan, as his younger brother, Dzhokar, returns to court this year in an effort to have his death sentence commuted. The federal government may be forced to confirm a longstanding relationship with Tamerlan and its decision to shield him from investigation for the Sept. 11 2011 ISIS-style triple murder of three friends with whom he trained and dealt drugs. As they infamously did with Whitey Bulger, federal agents appear to have protected Tamerlan because of his value to them as a paid informant against fellow Muslims. McPhee covered the bombing and the manhunt that followed for ABC-TV and has attended every hearing involving the case. Mayhem is a dramatically improved and significantly revised and updated first paperback edition of her earlier book, Maximum Harm. A university press released the book after being shut down, and so the book has received minimal attention and support. Since then, McPhee's reporting has proven out again and again. This page-turning narrative will renew interest in and add an important chapter to an American tragedy.

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About the Author

Michele R. McPhee covered the Boston Marathon bombing as a reporter. She is the author of seven true crime books, a five-time Emmy-nominated producer in the ABC News Investigative Unit, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated newspaper columnist, an award-winning magazine writer, a television commentator, and was formerly the only female host of a Boston drive-time radio show. She was a writer on Season 1 of the Showtime series City On A Hill and is currently working on Season 2 as what The New York Times called the "Boston credibility consultant." She is developing her Newsweek cover story on the FBI informant who infiltrated MS-13 into the HBO scripted series The Beast, and into the book Operation Mean Streets. She lives in East Boston, Massachusetts and Echo Park, Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Steerforth Wholesale
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586422618
• ISBN 13: 9781586422615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304