A watertight account of one of the most gripping crimes of our day, written with a reporter's panache. A must-read. City AM Tantalising and entertaining... A gripping read. Financial Times Good reporting from the journalist who was there first. The book... will get you mad all over again. Bloomberg [Arvedlund] not only brings great lucidity to the subject but -supplies invaluable context about the devices that Madoff used to -perpetuate his confidence game. The Wall Street Journal Arvedlund has bragging rights... Her account will delight those more interested in the scam than in the man. Time This story has the elements of a Hollywood drama... Although the book focuses on a single financial scandal, it ends up being a warning of a failed regulatory system and the shocking ease in which a con artist can operate in finance - leaving you hoping that this time, Erin Arvedlund does not go ignored. InTheNews Arvedlund... works hard to situate the Madoff mess within the larger framework of hedge-fund mania and the Wall Street recklessness that led to the fiscal cataclysms of 2008. The New York Times

Erin Arvedlund is an investigative journalist who has written for Barron's, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, TheStreet.com, and Portfolio.com. In 2001 she wrote the first major critical investigation into Madoff, based on more than 100 interviews, headlined "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The US financial regulators did not follow up her revelations. She lives in Philadelphia.