In the first days after the adoption of Prohibition in the United States, long before the name Al Capone became known to all Americans, the son of German immigrants, George Remus, quit his legal practice and began selling whiskey. Two years later he became a multimillionaire. At extravagant parties in his luxurious mansion in Cincinnati, he, along with his wife, socialite Imogen, generously gifted guests: diamonds for men, expensive cars for women. By mid-1921, Remus controlled 35% of the entire liquor trade in the United States. Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt decided to dethrone the “King of Bootleggers” from his throne. She sent her best agent, Franklin Dodge, to investigate the activities of Remus's empire. This decision had deadly consequences: Remus ended up in prison, and his wife began an affair with a slick agent. They began an intrigue against Remus that reached the highest levels of power and ended in a murder that shocked America. The story that Karen Abbott tells seems incredible, but it is true from the first to the last word and is entirely based on historical documents.