Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer: A Private Life and Unsolved Murder

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book WorldIn 1964, on a quiet towpath near her home in Georgetown, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, Mary Pinchot Meyer, was killed. Mary Meyer, who had been a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy since their private school days, had sparked a tense search for her diary by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton after her death. However, the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and her life and death continue to provoke intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her highly acclaimed book, the first to delve into this haunting story.Praise for A Very Private Woman“Power is undeniably captivating. Sometimes it is wielded for nefarious purposes, like the power that has kept the mysterious murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer silent for more than three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh finally tells the tragic story of this privileged beauty with connections in high places.”—Dominick Dunne“A meticulously crafted, evocative glimpse into the life of an adventurous spirit whose brutal murder remains unsolved.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review“This book demonstrates that each Washington scandal is uniquely intriguing.”—Glamour“Nina Burleigh has unraveled Washington’s most compelling murder mystery to date, producing a riveting biography, a suspenseful thriller, and an enlightening portrait of Georgetown during its golden age of presidential influence.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman“Thought-provoking, scholarly . . . classic Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer“A fascinating array of true-to-life characters.”—New York Times Book Review

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