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 2010.

-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)

See   www.reclaiminghistory.com   updates link.   See Edgar Award announcement . It confronts and destroys every one of the conspiracy theories that have grown up since the assassination, exposing their selective use of evidence, flawed logic, and outright deceptions. So thoroughly documented, so compellingly lucid in its conclusions.
 

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)