A review by jessikeenan
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation by Dean Jobb

Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
DNF for me, first book club pick of 2025 and it is amazing to me how a book about swindling in 1920s Chicago can be SO DULL. I think nonfiction, or at least this type of nonfiction, where the author is sort of telling a biography but not a very interesting story, is just not for me. 
Wanted to finish it for book club but honestly life is too short to read a book I’m just not enjoying.