Audiobook
$0.00
with membership trial

Hardcover
—

Paperback
$24.99

$24.99

FREE delivery August 18 - September 14 on your first order

Or fastest delivery August 14 - September 13

$$24.99 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

The enhancements that you chose aren't available for this seller. Details

${cardName} not available for the seller that you chose

${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}.

Ships from

�鶹��.ca

Sold by

�鶹��.ca

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Payment

Secure transaction

Add gift options

Other sellers on �鶹��

New (2) from $24.99 FREE Delivery on your first order.

Image Unavailable

Image not available for
Colour:

To view this video, download

Follow the author

Julie K. Brown

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story Paperback – July 20 2021

by Julie K. Brown (Author)

956 ratings

4.1 on Goodreads

2,345 ratings

#1 Best Seller in Courts & Law

See all formats and editions

�鶹��

' + '' + decodeURIComponent(encodedIframeContent) + ''+''); doc.close(); } } this.iframeload = function () { var iframe = document.getElementById(iframeId); iframe.style.display = ''; setTimeout(function () { setIframeHeight(initialResizeCallback); }, 20); } function getDocHeight(doc) { var contentDiv = doc.getElementById("iframeContent"); var docHeight = 0; if(contentDiv){ docHeight = Math.max( contentDiv.scrollHeight, contentDiv.offsetHeight, contentDiv.clientHeight ); } return docHeight; } function setIframeHeight(resizeCallback) { var iframeDoc, iframe = document.getElementById(iframeId); iframeDoc = ((iframe.contentWindow && iframe.contentWindow.document) || iframe.contentDocument); if (iframeDoc) { var h = getDocHeight(iframeDoc); if (h && h != 0) { iframe.style.height = parseInt(h) + 'px'; if(typeof resizeCallback == "function") { resizeCallback(iframeId); } } else if (nTries < MAX_TRIES) { nTries++; setTimeout(function () { setIframeHeight(resizeCallback); }, 50); } } } this.resizeIframe = function(resizeCallback) { nTries = 0; setIframeHeight(resizeCallback); } } return DynamicIframe; });

{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$24.99","priceAmount":24.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"24","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"09Kn81X8%2BdfqLQYOELqvFXmQMWKSXf72zfVvvhb2FtFo2WW%2Fbtjvrx29uJMLS60ghVCDcX6DrMlJIdG%2Ff4wrE0mXt4mI4QrqT2MHuOSCBxHgXBsCPYcvZqcOtrrYYYCCjif7LG7mrdY%3D","locale":"en-CA","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

The New York Times Bestseller

“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.”��—Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times

“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.” —Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of��Catch and Kill

Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him.

For many years, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's penchant for teenage girls was an open secret in the high society of Palm Beach, Florida and Upper East Side, Manhattan. Charged in 2008 with soliciting prostitution from minors, Epstein was treated with unheard of leniency, dictating the terms of his non-prosecution. The media virtually ignored the failures of the criminal justice system, and Epstein's friends and business partners brushed the allegations aside. But when in 2017 the U.S Attorney who approved Epstein's plea deal, Alexander Acosta, was chosen by President Trump as Labor Secretary, reporter Julie K. Brown was compelled to ask questions.

Despite her editor's skepticism that she could add a new dimension to a known story, Brown determined that her goal would be to track down the victims themselves. Poring over thousands of redacted court documents, traveling across the country and chasing down information in difficulty and sometimes dangerous circumstances, Brown tracked down dozens of��Epstein's victims, now young women struggling to reclaim their lives after the trauma and shame they had endured.

Brown's resulting three-part series in the Miami Herald was one of the most explosive news stories of the decade, revealing how Epstein ran a global sex trafficking pyramid scheme with impunity for years, targeting vulnerable teens, often from fractured homes and then turning them into recruiters. The outrage led to Epstein's arrest, the disappearance and eventual arrest of his closest accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the resignation of Acosta. The financier's mysterious suicide in a New York City��jail cell prompted wild speculation about the secrets he took to the grave-and whether his death was intentional or the result of foul play.

Tracking Epstein’s evolution from a college dropout to��one of the most successful financiers in the country—whose associates included Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and Bill Clinton—Perversion of Justice builds on Brown's original award-winning series, showing the power of truth, the value of local reportage and the tenacity of one woman in the face of the��deep-seated corruption of powerful men.��

�� Report an issue with this product

Print length

464 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Dey Street Books
Publication date

July 20 2021
Dimensions

23 x 3.4 x 15.4 cm
ISBN-10

0063205459
ISBN-13

978-0063205451

See all details

Great on Kindle

Great Experience. Great Value.

Enjoy a great reading experience when you borrow the Kindle edition of this book with your Kindle Unlimited membership. Learn more about Great on Kindle, available in select categories.

View Kindle Edition

This item: Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

$24.99

Get it Aug 18 - Sep 14

Ships from and sold by �鶹��.ca.

Filthy Rich: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein – The Billionaire’s Sex Scandal

$19.82

In Stock

Ships from and sold by �鶹��.ca.

Total price:��$00

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

Try again!

Details

Added to Cart

Some of these items ship sooner than the others.

Show details Hide details

Choose items to buy together.

Product description

Review

"A gripping journalistic procedural. . . Spotlight meets Erin Brockovitch. . . Brown's book is richer for including lots of reportorial impasses and rabbit holes; it shows what a painstaking and often maddening process investigative journalism is." — Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times

"Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against both powerful interests set against her reporting, and a wider moment in which local news is a precious and vanishing resource. The book is subtitled "The Jeffrey Epstein Story," but its lessons about courage in the face of adversity, and the crucial role of journalism in holding the powerful to account, go far beyond that case." — Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of��Catch and Kill

"Class, as much as the dismal state of journalism, is the great undercurrent in Perversion of Justice and gives this scrappy book its heart." — Laura Miller, Slate

"Brown pulls back the curtain on her life behind the headlines." — Daily Beast

"[Brown's] description of both the hard work of investigation and the perilous current state of newspapers adds an important dimension to the story." — Tampa Bay Times

About the Author

Julie K. Brown is an investigative reporter with the Miami Herald. During her 30-year career, she has worked for a number of newspapers, focusing on crime, justice and human rights issues. As a member of the Herald’s prestigious Investigative Team, she has won dozens of awards, including a George Polk Award in 2018 for “Perversion of Justice,” a series that examined how a rich and powerful sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, managed to arrange a secret plea deal and escape life in prison -- even though he was suspected of sexually abusing more than 100 underage girls and young women. The series, and her subsequent dogged coverage of the case in 2019, led to the resignation of President Trump’s labor secretary, Alex Acosta, Epstein’s arrest on new federal charges in New York and reforms in the way that prosecutors treat victims of sex crimes.

Brown previously won acclaim for a series of stories about abuses and corruption in Florida prisons. The stories led to the resignations of top agency officials, firings of corrupt corrections officers and an overhaul in the treatment of inmates with mental and physical disabilities, as well as women in Florida prisons. That series also won a Polk Award. A native of Philadelphia, she is a graduate of Temple University.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dey Street Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 20 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063205459
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063205451
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 500 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23 x 3.4 x 15.4 cm
�鶹�� Rank: #2,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Courts & Law (Books)
- #2 in Criminal Law (Books)
- #2 in Crime & Criminal Biographies
Customer Reviews:
956 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Julie K. Brown

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read book recommendations and more.

Customer reviews

956 global ratings

How are ratings calculated?

Review this product

Write a customer review

Top reviews from Canada

There was a problem filtering reviews. Please reload the page.

Lorraine Garant
Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2021
Verified Purchase

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Very insightful and well written. It's so unfortunate that so much corruption and coverups exists in governments all over the world. We can only hope that one day the truth will come to light.

Read more

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Report
Domenic Paolucci
Jeffrey Epstein
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2025
Reading Perversion of Justice is a stomach-turning reminder of just how easily wealth, power, and connections can override basic human decency—and justice itself. Julie K. Brown pulls no punches in exposing the revolting reality behind Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s predation, and perhaps more disturbingly, the network of enablers who chose silence over integrity.

Epstein and Maxwell didn’t simply exploit vulnerable girls—they orchestrated an industrial-scale operation of abuse, protected at every turn by prosecutors, politicians, and even supposed law enforcement professionals. The phrase "perversion of justice" isn’t just a title; it’s a brutal understatement.

Brown’s reporting makes one thing crystal clear: Epstein’s death didn’t end the scandal. It merely closed the chapter on one predator, while leaving an entire corrupt system intact. From Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal to the FBI’s failures, the true villains extend far beyond Epstein’s inner circle.

Reading this book should leave you angry. Angry that so many girls were ignored. Angry that power continues to shield predators. And angry that real accountability remains elusive.

Julie K. Brown forces us to confront the raw ugliness of this story—and the bitter reality that justice, for many of Epstein’s victims, remains little more than a broken promise.

If you’re looking for a comforting true crime read, look elsewhere. If you’re ready to face the sickening depths of systemic failure, Perversion of Justice delivers.

Read more

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Report

Top reviews from other countries

LA
Intrepid Reporter Gets To The Bottom Of The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2021
Verified Purchase

The author of “Perversion of Justice” is now a star investigative reporter, an overnight star-status which only took her eighteen years to achieve. Her book is the inside story of Jeffrey Epstein, and it is massive in scope, well-documented, well-written and compelling on every conceivable level.

She started her journalism work in Philadelphia, then moved to Florida and has worked for the Miami Herald from 2005. She worked mostly on Florida prison stories, but started digging around the Epstein case around the time that US Attorney Alex Acosta gave Epstein the deal of the century for his many criminal violations of minor girls. She was unable to get much traction regarding the 2008 plea bargain of the century, so she focused on other work until 2017, when Acosta was nominated by President Trump to be Labor Secretary. That was when she started to earn her superstar stripes.

Her book is told in basically two tracks. One is her superhuman effort to “get the story,” to interview the principals, witnesses, victims, law enforcement officers, politicians, prosecutors, etc. The other, and main track, is the inside story of how Jeffrey Epstein committed hundreds (probably thousands) of individual crimes against young girls; he used his mysterious wealth to pervert not only the system of justice but also the administration of government wherever and whenever he wanted, particularly in Palm Beach. We can be in awe of her efforts to break through the constant blockage which was thrown at her and in her path. We should be sickened by how many people Epstein compromised, used, influenced and corrupted… many well known to the public.

Her articles in the Miami Herald from 2017 brought new light to Epstein and his crimes, and a new focus by law enforcement, particularly the respected SDNY and its US Attorney. Epstein was finally indicted and arrested and jailed, and she tells that part of the story with such a good grip on the details and all of the people involved in this international tragedy. The parallel track, i.e., hers, adds even more depth to the story, such as identifying the victims, finding them, getting them to discuss how and when and where they were violated, etc. And as with many journalists who make their living by writing clear and concise stories for their newspaper or magazine, Brown is both surgical and literate in her writing. Many chapters stand out, but her chapter titled “Jeffrey Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself” is so convincing until you get to “… the DOJ is still investigating.”

This book is an extremely interesting read which is made even better by the author’s dedication, perseverance and lively personality—but it’s a heavyweight on facts and details which show us how wealth and power can corrupt anyone and anything when applied effectively.

Read more
Report
Frank
Brilliant - well researched and sufficient detail to retain my interest but not lose it.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2021
Verified Purchase
Having read a few books on Epstein I was looking for something different and this book delivered it. The author has carried out a detailed research in an attempt to explain who may have to answer who in the "establishment" protected him and I think there were so many its going to be very difficult to name them all and my guess is we will never get them all. A few "fall-guys (women) have already been found but those that instructed these women to hold back on full legal prosecution still remain free. My guess is we will never get them all, and I think there are many including some of the usual suspects we already know about who already have form regarding sexual abuse. This raises the question why so many people refuse to allow these crimes and continue to support these leaders but of course does demonstrate what power and money can achieve. I couldn't put this book down and I appreciate the amount of research and work the author has carried out and she acknowledges that she couldn't get to all the detail due to time constraints but she has gone a long long way towards exposing his (and other associates) in these crimes. The problem society now has is that sexual harassment and abuse seems so endemic society has a lot to answer for most people seemingly wanting to either ignore or hide or be critical of its exposure. Is there really any indication that these exposures are reducing crime in this regard, I fear that it isn't but what other options do we have?

Read more
Report
A. R. Gallagher
Insights into the Epstein case
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2021
Verified Purchase
This book gave me some new insights into the Epstein case and I found it a good read. Like one or two others I found the autobiographical sections contributed to the book's one or two flat spots, but I understand why an author would want to do it. The only real irritation (from and Englishman's point of view) was the frequent use of American English. I know it's what you should expect from an American author, but there were so many people 'reaching out' to other people in this book I feared for the strain on their shoulders. But overall though, a good read. Just a pity that it went to press before Ghislaine Maxwell had her day in court, but no doubt there will be plenty of books to be written about that in the future!

Read more
Report
Kevin Sitze
Horrifying, read it
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2025
Verified Purchase
Brown is an excellent writer and has demonstrated, once again, an envy worthy aptitude for telling a story and narrating a documentary. She delights in contrasting her own easily accessible life as a struggling single mother against the heinous caricature of a man living a fantasy life normally seen only in the most cynical mythological tales.

Brown deftly interweaves her own life troubles with the victims of a real-life monster. She drops a beloved son off at university as contrast to the vicious treatment the American justice system offers the raped and abused victims of said monster in retaliation for their “disloyalty.” A mother comforts a daughter stressed and anxious over applying to vet school against lawyers, private investigators and public officials who accept the monster’s bribes and lies so as to misrepresent or misinterpret the evidence of destroyed lives as “proof” that his malicious touch was of no real harm.

“She’s a whore and a drug user today,” they say. “So don’t worry so much about statutory rape! She was obviously bad to begin with,” and “she’s not much of a victim anyway.” A harsh reminder that ours is a society where the size of the wallet is more important than the size of the heart.

Jeffery Epstein’s story is an insane tale of a man whose greatest talent seems to be to corrupt all he touches, a Midas touch of evil instead of gold. Brown doesn’t spend much time (thankfully) talking about the man himself, but rather she deftly describes the reality distorted tears in the fabric of society that followed him wherever he went.

His victims are the girls, the lawyers, the police and even the judges. His victims even rise to the people of these United States even you and I. Epstein was a destroyer of society. What we have reaped is a greater disrespect for civic order. Epstein’s greatest contribution was to make obvious to us all the obscene and despicable things underlaying our politics. His is the real story of what happens when one is willing to destroy all for his own benefit and illegitimate gains. Unfortunately, Epstein is not alone in this endeavor as he couldn’t have gotten as far as he did if he was not able to get traction by using the skills and experience of his connections.

Read more
Report
Miss Sadie
An excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2021
Verified Purchase
This book covers comprehensively the Jeffrey Epstein affair. It is well written and a real page turner, revealing the most shocking corruption of the justice system in the US going right to the very top. The title of the book is very apt and says it all.

Read more
Report

See more reviews