Description: An explosive eyewitness portrait of life inside the nations's most notorious maximum security prison by the author of Family of Spies. Earley spent two years inside Leavenworth--the infamous penitentiary that is home to 1,400 of the nation's most dangerous criminals--to write this gripping, critically acclaimed investigative report.
Review Quotes: "A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel. The best book on prison I've ever read."--Jonathan Kellerman
"Reporting at its very finest."--Los Angeles Times "The book is a large act of courage, its subject an important one, and . . . [Pete] Earley does it justice."--The Washington Post Book World "[A] riveting, fiercely unsentimental book . . . To [Earley's] credit, he does not romanticize the keepers or the criminals. His cool and concise prose style serves him well. . . . This is a gutsy book."--Chicago Tribune "Harrowing . . . an exceptional work of journalism."--Detroit Free Press "If you're going to read any book about prison, The Hot House is the one. . . . It is the most realistic, unbuffed account of prison anywhere in print."--Kansas City Star"A superb piece of reporting."--Tom Clancy