London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

Keefe's previous bestsellers—Say Nothing, which told the story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland through a single murder, and Empire of Pain, which traced much of the opioid epidemic to the Sackler pharmaceutical family—have made him, rightfully, the current master of long-form investigative storytelling. His new book might seem to have a more modest scale—the unexplained death of a young man in the Thames in 2019—but through his patient and intrepid reporting, and his sensitive attention to character, he unravels a network of ambition and corruption that paints an unforgettably dark portrait of modern London.