The Story
The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America.
Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings--he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another woman, Mamah Borthwick, ignited one of the country's first celebrity scandals, splashed across headlines from coast to coast.
Then, in August 1914, scandal turned to horror. A tragedy at Taliesin, the Wisconsin home Wright built as a monument to love, shook the very foundation of Wright's life--and catapulted him back to the front pages of newspapers across the country as readers clamored for glimpses of his very darkest moments.
In The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman delves beyond the myth of Wright's genius to reveal a man of relentless ambition, consuming passion, and devastating loss. With haunting intimacy and propulsive storytelling, Sherman delivers a portrait of an artist who could not escape the shadows of his own making--and who rose, again and again, from the ashes.
Author: Casey Sherman
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.11w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9781464241895
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2026
Library Journal 03/01/2026 pg. 113
Publishers Weekly 03/02/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026
About the Author
Sherman, Casey: - "
Casey Sherman is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today & Boston Globe Bestselling Author of 17 books including "The Finest Hours" (now a major Walt Disney Studio motion picture starring Chris Pine & Casey Affleck), and "Patriots Day" (now an acclaimed motion picture from CBS Films starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon). Sherman's 2023 true crime bestseller "Helltown," is now in development as a limited television series for Amazon Studio. Sherman will serve as Executive Producer on the project, which is slated to star Oscar Isaac ("Dune"), with director Edward Berger (Netflix - "All is Quiet on the Western Front"), and produced by Team Downey (Robert Downey, Jr. & Susan Downey - HBO's "Perry Mason"). Sherman's other books include James Patterson's "The Last Days of John Lennon," which spent more than 23 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, "12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption," and "Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of The Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss. Sherman has appeared on more than 100 television and radio programs and is a contributing writer for TIME Magazine, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Boston Magazine and the Boston Herald.
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The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America.
Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings--he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another woman, Mamah Borthwick, ignited one of the country's first celebrity scandals, splashed across headlines from coast to coast.
Then, in August 1914, scandal turned to horror. A tragedy at Taliesin, the Wisconsin home Wright built as a monument to love, shook the very foundation of Wright's life--and catapulted him back to the front pages of newspapers across the country as readers clamored for glimpses of his very darkest moments.
In The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman delves beyond the myth of Wright's genius to reveal a man of relentless ambition, consuming passion, and devastating loss. With haunting intimacy and propulsive storytelling, Sherman delivers a portrait of an artist who could not escape the shadows of his own making--and who rose, again and again, from the ashes.
Author: Casey Sherman
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.11w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9781464241895
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2026
Library Journal 03/01/2026 pg. 113
Publishers Weekly 03/02/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026
About the Author
Sherman, Casey: - "
Casey Sherman is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today & Boston Globe Bestselling Author of 17 books including "The Finest Hours" (now a major Walt Disney Studio motion picture starring Chris Pine & Casey Affleck), and "Patriots Day" (now an acclaimed motion picture from CBS Films starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon). Sherman's 2023 true crime bestseller "Helltown," is now in development as a limited television series for Amazon Studio. Sherman will serve as Executive Producer on the project, which is slated to star Oscar Isaac ("Dune"), with director Edward Berger (Netflix - "All is Quiet on the Western Front"), and produced by Team Downey (Robert Downey, Jr. & Susan Downey - HBO's "Perry Mason"). Sherman's other books include James Patterson's "The Last Days of John Lennon," which spent more than 23 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, "12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption," and "Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of The Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss. Sherman has appeared on more than 100 television and radio programs and is a contributing writer for TIME Magazine, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Boston Magazine and the Boston Herald.
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