You know, without giving too much of the book away, there are family secrets that are in the book.

And those were things that I think initially they really didn't want in the book.

But if you invite me into your home and your life, I'm going to do what I do, which is the dig.

And I became quite attached to these people.

You know, you develop a very intimate relationship over time.

I feel enormous compassion for them.

And, you know, the line I used with them, which I've used with other people before,

is when you see this story about yourself and your life,

it's not going to be like looking at a photo.

It's going to be like looking at a painting.

Like it's all filtered

through my kind of sensory apparatus the way I perceive you. Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast

about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today I am joined

by award-winning New Yorker staff writer, New York Times bestselling author, and investigative journalist Patrick Radin Keefe.

He's here to talk about his newest book, London Falling, a mysterious death in a gilded city, and a family's search for truth.

Set in London, this story chronicles the suspicious death of 19-year-old Zach Brettler and his family's

quest to uncover the details of his secret double life. Today, I get to talk with Patrick about how

he found his way to Zach Brettler's story, the ways this book is similar and differs from some of his

previous works, and how he came to the title, London Falling. Our book club pick for April is room-swept

home by Ramika Bingham Risher, and we'll be discussing that book with Mahogany L. Brown on

Wednesday, April 29th. Everything we talk about on each episode of the Stacks is linked in our show

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