Mayhem: A Memoir

A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family.*

In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint, Hans' sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, tries to make sense of what happened.
* * *In Mayhem, she asks the difficult questions those c...