Jims Research:  A personal bibliography of my research on books since 1973...
 

The late Pulitzer Prize award winning columnist Mike Royko referred to Agnew as " the finest researcher of crime in America". He has been profiled in the Chicago-Sun Times, The Chicago Reader and a chapter in the Nick Tosches Reader (DaCapo).

Research Works in Progress:   "Carson the Magnificent" the authorized Johnny Carson biography by Bill Zehme for Random House in 2012.

-Research Works of Jim Agnew since 1973...see acknowledgements in each book for author's notes on Jim A.-

Reclaiming History: The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton) (2007)
 

The Last Good Time: Skinny D'Amato, The Notorious 500 Club & The Rise And Fall Of Atlantic City by Jonathan Van Meter (Crown, 2003)
 

The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra And The Lost Art Of Livin' by Bill Zehme (Harper Collins, 1997)
 

Lost In The Funhouse: The Life And Mind Of Andy Kaufman by Bill Zehme (Delacorte Press, 1999)
 

Accardo: The Genuine Godfather by William F. Roemer, Jr. (Donald I. Fine, 1995)

The Outfit: The Role Of Chicago's Underworld In The Shaping Of Modern America by Gus Russo (Bloomsbury, 2001)
 

Supermob: How Sidney Korshak And His Criminal Associates Became Americas's Hidden Power Brokers by Gus Russo (Bloomsbury, 2006)
 

Drover: A Novel by Bill Granger (W.W. Norton, 1991)
 

The Enforcer: Spilotro-The Chicago Mob's Man Over Las Vegas by William F. Roemer, Jr. (Donald I. Fine, 1994)