A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”–Washington Post Book World “Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it’s used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer’s mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”–Dominick Dunne

“A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”–San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

“Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”–Glamour

“Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington’s most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”–Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman

“Provocative, erudite…pure Georgetown noir.”–New York Observer

“A rich array of real-life characters.” –New York Times Book Review

Nina Burleigh is the author of four books. She is a noted journalist whose articles have appeared in “Time”, the “Washington Post”, “New York” magazine, “Elle”, and many other publications. She lives in New York City.

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