MixedThe New York Times Book Review...a richly reported, entertaining tale about the cat-and-mouse game between the government and Cohen ... Her book is also a deep examination of a culture within hedge funds that demanded employees find an 'edge,' and seemingly continued to rely on illegal tips by insiders for far too long ... If you’ve kept up with the headlines about Cohen over the years, you know the ending of Kolhatkar’s tale in advance: The government never brings a case against him. That reality, to some degree, gets in the way of an otherwise good story — and in the end makes it not nearly as satisfying as Den of Thieves ... This book works, to the extent that it does, because Kolhatkar piles detail after detail upon one another. That’s how she gets a reader to feel like he is in the room. However, too much of the time the reader seems to be in the wrong room, and that’s a major problem ... missing pieces undermine what is otherwise a well-told story. What’s more, if you’re looking for a great revelation or a headline, you will be disappointed. Kolhatkar doesn’t find anything more than what’s already out there.
