The Killing of Karen Silkwood

“This riveting book gets beyond the surface facts and simple emotions of the Silkwood case to the fundamental and in some cases frightening aspect of a story that may never be completely told.”—Christian Science Monitor

“An impressive and vital new book, or better yet, just call it ‘impressive and vital…’ meets a demanding test of objectivity.”—Washington Post

“An admirable job of separating what is fact… from supposition, what is theory from what is documented evidence. For that alone, the book is valuable.”— New Republic

“Nobody—not Ian Fleming, not Agatha Christie—could have concocted a murder mystery/spy thriller as intriguing as the Karen Silkwood story.”—The Trial Diplomacy Journal

“First-rate reporting and tight, edgy writing.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A true-life thriller… raises serious and disturbing questions.” —Playboy

“Exciting… important.” —Boston Globe

“A powerful indictment of one nuclear corporation and the nuclear industry as a whole.” —Library Journal

“Chilling.”—Atlantic Monthly

“Suspense is ever-present. Shocks are electric.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“This jam-packed little thriller has all the elements of a best-selling novel. … There is one catch. It’s all true.”—Florida Sun-Sentinel

“Enjoy this book at a number of levels. … It carefully reconstructs all the clues. … It’s a quick primer in legal maneuvering, as maverick attorneys challenge the corporate suits. And, finally it’s the tale of one resolute but frightened young woman, fast maturing as she stares at death daily in the yellow uranium clouds that choke her workplace.”—Livingston and McLean Counties Union News

“Rashke’s account of the massive documentation on the Silkwood case stands up to critical review…. It will remind students of industrial relations of an earlier anti-union period, replete with examples of coercion, espionage, cover-ups, and illegal wiretapping.”—Robert Sass, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations

Richard Rashke is a lecturer and author of non-fiction books including Escape from Sobibor and USEFUL ENEMIES: John Demjanjuk and America’s Open Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals. Rashke is featured in the award-winning international television series Nazi Hunters. His works have been translated into eleven languages and have been the subject of movies for screen and television. A produced screenwriter and playwright, his work has appeared on network television and off-Broadway. He is also an alto sax player and composer. His latest composition, Crane Wife, a family musical based on a Japanese folktale, was performed at the Kennedy Center, and Dear Esther, based on a Sobibor prisoner, was the first play that was performed at the United States Holocaust Museum. Richard resides with his family in Wisconsin.

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