The first read was one I found as a recommendation on Amazon. The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal is the biography of a German who changed his identity regularly, ultimately ending his career as a phony Clark Rockefeller. To add to the unbelievability of it all, he married into money and ran in the same circles as the elite-- all without suspicion. And he was only caught a few years ago. A fascinating true read!
The next book was a recommendation from my sister. The Ice Passage by Brian Payton is another true story. This time it is the account of the HMS Investigator who in 1850 went in search of several lost ships of the British fleet. This book is told from the perspective of a missionary translator aboard who recounts the crew's difficulties in the Arctic waters. While (as my sister forewarned) there is some liberal commentary by the author interspersed, the great respect for this true believer among heathen is unmistakeable. A fascinating and chilling account (pun intended) that shows the value of one Godly man willing to stand in the gap.
The last of the three was a book I started first and months ago! Flawless by Greg Cambell and Andrew Scott Selby is another true story that many know better by the film of the same name. The film however is really nothing like the book so enjoy the facts in the book in its own right. This tells the story of the largest diamond heist in history pieced together from lots of accounts and facts. It really was almost the "perfect" crime. The incredible magnitude of it all- as well as the chance of it all- is put in perspective in this book. Interesting.
Now, if I can only get through the book I have been 3/4 of the way through for more than a year...
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