“An enthralling perspective on one of the most enduring American mysteries of all, seen through the extraordinary efforts exerted by unrelenting and far-from-ordinary women. Kaitlyn Tiffany gifts us a story that is as deftly structured and impeccably researched as it is compellingly told.”—Denise Kiernan, New York Times bestselling author of Obstinate Daughters and The Girls of Atomic City

“Tiffany is a sure-footed guide through the labyrinth of Dealey Plaza. I’m never inspired; this book inspired me. It touched my soft spot for amateur sleuths, obsessive page-turning, and the outer limits of facticity.”—Harper’s

“Kaitlyn Tiffany beautifully tells the story of how the Kennedy assassination became the great American mystery. Through exquisite reporting and colorful characters, she adds a surprising new angle to our understanding of the drama around the Warren Commission and explores the country at the dawn of the age of conspiracy.”—Garrett Graff, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Watergate: A New History

“More than sixty years later, the Kennedy assassination remains the mother of all modern conspiracy theories. Chock-full of fascinating detail and insight, Kaitlyn Tiffany’s The Housewives Underground retells the story from a wholly unique angle for a new generation.”—Mark Jacobson, author of Pale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America

“Riveting . . . thoroughly researched.”—Kathryn Olmsted, author of Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11

“Kaitlyn Tiffany masterfully unspools a hidden history of the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath, in what amounts to a cautionary tale for our time. This meticulous, nuanced portrait traces the full arc and outsize personalities of a controversy that has deepened over decades, showing how these women—like the country—moved away from an easy trust in what government tells us and how their effort to challenge that narrative consumed and altered their lives. So interesting and so well told.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls and The Sisterhood

“In this superb history, Atlantic staff writer Tiffany (Everything I Need I Get from You) profiles a cadre of women who, skeptical of the Warren Commission, pursued dogged amateur investigations of the Kennedy assassination, raising questions that continue to be salient today. . . . Tiffany paints an intimate portrait of the women’s growing camaraderie, shared frustration with male fellow skeptics, and eventual discord over New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison’s shambolic conspiracy trial. It’s an extraordinary account of a relentless search for truth.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Tiffany conducted meticulous, wide-ranging research to construct an engrossing portrait of a ragtag group of citizen sleuths whose zeal and dedication transformed them into a to-be-reckoned-with force for truth and accountability.”—Booklist