Chasing Phil

In 1977 the FBI under J Edgar Hoover concerned itself mainly with bank robbers and communists. When Jack Brennan and Jim Wedick, two rookie agents, decide to investigate the biggest white-colour criminal in the world, Phil Kitzer Jr, they are forced to invent the undercover investigation as they go. This is the incredible globetrotting story of a case, a criminal and a friendship that changed the role of the FBI forever. David Howard has written for the New York Times, Men's Journal, Outside, Travel & Leisure, and National Geographic, among other outlets. He is the author of Lost Rights and is currently the executive editor of Organic Life. A thrilling true crime caper bursting with colourful characters and awash in 70s seedy glamour, chronicling the FBI's hunt for the world's most charming con man.