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He handled the money. He paid the authors. He managed the accounts. For seven years, nobody questioned him. Between 2011 and 2018, a trusted bookkeeper at one of New York's most storied literary agencies quietly transferred $3.4 million out of the accounts he managed and into his own. His victims included the author of Fight Club , the estate of the man who wrote The Godfather , and the heirs of s...

For 25 years, one of Pittsburgh's most trusted librarians walked into one of the most secure rooms in the city — and walked back out with $8 million worth of history tucked under his arm. No disguises. No accomplices with technical skills. No elaborate plan. Just a man, a manila folder, and a little red stamp. This week on Plot Twist, we go inside the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — and the slow-...

This week, we're trying something a little different with a true crime book recommendation. Before true crime was a cultural phenomenon, before the podcasts and Netflix documentaries, Michelle McNamara was already there. Writing obsessively. Researching relentlessly. Chasing a killer no one had named yet. She called him the Golden State Killer. And she spent years trying to find him. She never got...

Someone was stealing manuscripts. Not published books... unpublished ones. Unreleased novels from Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney, a Pulitzer Prize winner. Works that didn't exist yet, in anyone's hands but the author's. For five years, nobody knew who it was. Or how they were doing it. The method turned out to be almost embarrassingly simple. And the motive? Even stranger than anyone expected. This...

For 25 years, one of Pittsburgh's most trusted librarians walked into one of the most secure rooms in the city — and walked back out with $8 million worth of history tucked under his arm. No disguises. No accomplices with technical skills. No elaborate plan. Just a man, a manila folder, and a little red stamp. This week on Plot Twist, we go inside the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — and the slow-...

She wrote a children's book to help her kids cope with losing their father. She was the one who killed him. In March 2023, Utah mom Kouri Richins published Are You With Me? — a tender picture book about a little boy searching for signs of his late father. She appeared on local television, soft-spoken and composed, talking about grief and healing and the power of a bedtime story. One month later, s...

A robbery. A fire. A life lost for $200. Two brothers went to prison — and one of them wrote a great book. When his secret came to light, the publishing world was forced to ask a question they weren't ready for: can talent exist without redemption? And does it even matter? This week on Plot Twist.

Chef and instructor Daniel Brophy was shot twice at close range on June 2, 2018, at the Oregon Culinary Institute, where he taught, and investigators ultimately arrested his wife, romance suspense writer Nancy Crampton Brophy, who had previously written an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband.” KGW News - Nancy Brophy Cross Examination: https://www.youtube.com/live/SwRF8ddWWbg?si=ATs52eFTAyqyb...

This episode of Plot Twist tells the story of bestselling mystery author Anne Perry, born Juliet Hulme in 1938, whose teenage past was exposed in 1994. After a childhood marked by tuberculosis, isolation, and repeated illness, Juliet formed an intense bond with Pauline Parker in New Zealand. When Juliet’s family planned to return to England and Pauline was refused permission to join them, the girl...