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"At one point, lawyer Lenzner was called one of the most powerful and dreaded private investigators in the world. His famous clients have included politicians and celebrities, governments and corporations....Yet what strikes the reader is how insightful Lenzer is, and how humble he seems....He lists the qualities that make a good investigator, such as curiosity, persistence, intuition, and imagination. A compelling memoir about a fascinating life."
— Booklist
“One of Washington’s most in-the-know private eyes spills the beans in this canny memoir.... The truth Lenzner unveils, in part through shrewd thumbnails of everyone from John Dean to Kenneth Starr, is more about character and motive—the arrogant delusions that spawn and sustain malfeasance, and the resentments and idealism that spur informants and whistleblowers. The result is a low-key but absorbing study of the hidden impulses behind corruption and scandal.”—Publishers Weekly
“Lenzner deplores the hyperpartisan tenor of today’s Washington D.C., where “all that matters is the spin”.... He’s his own man, interested only in ethically gathering and analyzing facts and dedicated solely to uncovering the truth. A spirited recounting of a highly unusual life in the law.”—Kirkus
“What can we say about Terry Lenzner, a curious hybrid of Harvard-trained lawyer and dirt-digging Washington private eye? The Investigator [covers] a remarkable 50-year career with periods of both light and shadow....a time capsule of adventuresome sleuthing [that] traces the contours of U.S. political history.”
—Richard Leiby, The Washington Post
“In his dynamite new memoir, The Investigator, Terry Lenzner combines intriguing stories like these with an up-close history of America over the past half century. As a government lawyer, private attorney, and successful investigator, Lenzner was involved in a mind-boggling number of historic events—from the Mississippi Burning murders to Watergate, from the Alaskan Oil Pipeline inquiry to prosecuting the New York mob, from investigating Princess Diana’s death to the impeachment of President Clinton....Ultimately, The Investigator is about the meaning of truth, and how it has devolved in America over the past 40 years from a conclusion based on facts to something much more subjective.”
—Jake Whitney, The Daily Beast
“Mr. Lenzner has enjoyed a varied career that stretches from the civil-rights movement to the present day. Zelig-like, he keeps popping up at the various intersection points of politics, journalism and the law. Detailed yet accessible, The Investigator presents a breezy tour of postwar America by a relentless pursuer of concealed facts, a hired gun whose services can be purchased but whose allegiances cannot....he can be refreshingly iconoclastic in his views of the people and events he has observed up close....So decisive have been his victories that those who have encountered him are divisible into two groups: those who thanked God he was on their side and those who rued that he wasn't.”
—James Rosen, The Wall Street Journal
“[Terry Lenzner's] The Investigator reads like a Forrest-Gump-style catalogue of cases that have caught the public eye--from the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, to the Harrisburg 7's federal case for antiwar activism, to Watergate, the Unabomber, Monica Lewinsky and the death of Princess Diana....Impressively, this seasoned investigator is also a fine writer. His story opens compellingly, giving background while simultaneously jumping right into the action....an absorbing and intelligent sampling of American history, told in puzzles and—sometimes—solutions.”
—Julia Jenkins, Shelf Awareness, STARRED REVIEW
“Books by Washington insiders often promise a great deal, then fail to deliver. Lenzner delivers. His memoir, The Investigator: Fifty Years of Uncovering the Truth, is loaded with details about his role investigating numerous scandals, starting with the shameful behavior of Richard Nixon that led to his departure from the White House. Lenzner is candid about the heroes and villains he has encountered, and candid about himself.”—Steve Weinberg, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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