Mayhem

"You may think you know this story, but until you read this book, you don't."  —T. J. English, New York Times bestselling author

"Readable. Fascinating. Convincing." —Kirkus Reviews

10 years after the Boston Marathon Bombing, this thrilling and meticulously researched account is an eye opener for anyone with lingering questions about one of the most notorious acts of terrorism since 9/11

Investigative journalist Michele R. McPhee reports the details and delivers the facts, piecing together the puzzle so readers are able to come to their own conclusions.

This page-turning narrative goes a long way toward answering questions that still linger about the notorious Boston Marathon bombing, such as: Where were the bombs made? And what had been Tamerlan Tsarnaev's relationship to the FBI?

Mayhem casts a spotlight on the U.S. Government's relationship with the older Tsarnaev brother as his younger brother, Dzhokhar, will continue his efforts to have his death sentence commuted in October, just days after the Boston Marathon will be run for the first time since 2019.

The federal government may be forced to confirm a longstanding relationship with Tamerlan and its decision to shield him from investigation for the Sept. 11, 2011 ISIS-style triple murder of three friends.

As they infamously did with Whitey Bulger, federal agents appear to have protected Tamerlan because of his value as a paid informant.

Mayhem has been substantially revised and updated in this first paperback edition.

Michele R. McPhee covered the Boston Marathon bombing as a reporter. She is the author of seven true crime books, a five-time Emmy-nominated producer in the ABC News Investigative Unit, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated newspaper columnist, an award-winning magazine writer, a television commentator, and was formerly the only female host of a Boston drive-time radio show. She was a writer on Season 1 of the Showtime series City On A Hill and is currently working on Season 2 as what The New York Times called the "Boston credibility consultant." She is developing her Newsweek cover story on the FBI informant who infiltrated MS-13 into the HBO scripted series The Beast, and into the book Operation Mean Streets. She lives in East Boston, Massachusetts and Echo Park, Los Angeles.