Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast

The riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit

“Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bravura storytelling, and clear-eyed moral conscience."
-Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing and London Falling

For more than three decades, Paul Skalnik roamed the Gulf Coast lying about who he was. He passed himself off as a fighter pilot, a high-rolling oilman, a criminal defense attorney,...