“They finally got me… Emprise…the Mafia…John Adamson. Find him.” Investigative reporter Don Bolles used his final words to name the people he believed had set the car bomb that had left him dying in a hotel parking lot in midtown Phoenix. In his fourteen years as one of Arizona's top reporters, Bolles took on the Mafia, land fraud kingpins, and corrupt politicians. And someone wanted him silenced. Murder in the Fourth Estate is the first definitive account of the case, which is the most infamous assassination of a journalist in American history. “Duda weaves archival detail, dogged reporting, and human compassion into a narrative that never loses sight of the reporter at its center or the stakes for a free press. By seamlessly cutting through myth and spin, Duda has produced a definitive account that reads with the urgency of breaking news and the depth of a long forensic inquiry. The result is a stark and timely reminder of the journalism risks that come with getting too close to the truth.” ―Gerald Posner, New York Times bestselling author of "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK" “Jeremy Duda, through years of dogged reporting, brings us closer than we've ever been to knowing the truth. His gripping and fearless narrative would have made Don Bolles proud.” ― Chris DeRose, New York Times bestselling author of "The Fighting Bunch" “Jeremy Duda's Murder in the Fourth Estate , the result of the kind of exhaustive research that Bolles himself would have appreciated, demonstrates the quality journalism and dedication to the truth that this landmark case deserves. I'm impressed - and readers will be, too.” ― Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author of "Manson" and "The Road to Jonestown" “Thrilling. Part 'Godfather', part 'All The President's Men'. A thoroughly reported tribute to the power and importance of local journalism.” ―Alex Thompson, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" Jeremy Duda is an award-winning journalist for Axios in Phoenix who's spent the bulk of his 22-year career covering Arizona politics and government. He's worked for the Arizona Mirror, Arizona Capitol Times, Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, and the Hobbs (New Mexico) News-Sun, and he's been a contributor for the Economist, History Today and the Washington Post, where he contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning project on the Jan. 6 attack. He's also the author of If This Be Treason: The American Rogues and Rebels Who Walked the Line Between Dissent and Betrayal (2016).