Kevin Donovan has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 248 ratings. The most-rated is The Billionaire Murders.
The Billionaire Murders
Summary
2020 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction NATIONAL BEST SELLER A top journalist crosses the yellow tape to investigate a shocking high-society crime. Billionaires, philanthropists, socialites...victims. Barry and Honey Sherman appeared to lead charmed lives. But the world was shocked in late 2017 when their bodies were found in a bizarre tableau in their elegant Toronto home. First described as murder-suicide - belts looped around their necks, they were found seated beside their basement swimming pool - police later ruled it a staged, targeted double murder. Nothing about the case made sense to friends of the founder of one of the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical firms and his wife, a powerhouse in Canada’s charity world. Together, their wealth has been estimated at well over $4.7 billion. There was another side to the story. A strategic genius who built a large generic drug company - Apotex Inc. - Barry Sherman was a self-described workaholic, renowned risk-taker, and disruptor during his 50-year career. Regarded as a generous friend by many, Sherman was also feared by others. He was criticized for stifling academic freedom and using the courts to win at all costs. Upset with building issues at his mansion, he sued and recouped millions from tradespeople. At the time of his death, Sherman had just won a decades-old legal case involving four cousins who wanted 20 percent of his fortune. Toronto Star investigative journalist Kevin Donovan chronicles the unsettling story from the beginning, interviewing family members, friends, and colleagues, and sheds new light on the Shermans’ lives and the disturbing double murder. Deeply researched and authoritative, The Billionaire Murders is a compulsively listenable tale of a strange and perplexing crime.
©2019 Kevin Donovan (P)2019 Viking
Secret Life
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It began as rumors. Whispers at dinner parties. Warnings about bad dates with a Canadian celebrity. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, superstar CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi revealed his interest in "rough sex" in a long Facebook post, and a scandal of unprecedented scale descended on the radio host. What the public did not know was that months before Ghomeshi's emotional post, Canadaland podcaster Jesse Brown and Toronto Star journalist Kevin Donovan were quietly pursuing serious allegations against him. In Secret Life, Donovan takes us inside the Star's investigation. Step by step, he explores the story as only he can: the media frenzy, his own personal and professional doubts, the women who came forward with stories about an alleged dark side of a national idol, and Ghomeshi's ignominious firing and dramatic criminal trial. Taking us behind the scenes, Donovan sheds light on the journalistic process and the complexity of gathering information about a highly sensitive matter from named and confidential sources, including those women who feared it was their word against a beloved public figure's. Secret Life is a thought-provoking account of the landmark Ghomeshi exposé that sparked a nation-wide discussion on sexual assault, the cult of celebrity, and the politics of power and gender in the workplace. Cover design by Julie Scriver from the trade paperback edition of Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation. Cover illustration inspired by a photo by Peter Bregg/Stringer (Getty Images). Reproduced by permission of Goose Lane Editions.
©2016 Kevin Donovan (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
The Water Lawyer
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Matt Wolfe, a brilliant young attorney with Native American roots unravels a murder-for-hire scheme at his prestigious Colorado law firm. Aided by his ranching girlfriend, a retired senator, and an ex-con, he must outmaneuver hired killers, corrupt lawyers, and powerful politicians. Is water worth dying for? It is in today's Wild, Wild West. For lovers of legal thrillers.
©2015 Barry James Hickey, Kevin Donovan (P)2019 Barry James Hickey
Million Dollar Dads
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Have you ever failed? Hit a roadblock that felt impossible at the time? As a man and a father trying to build a business or two, have you ever felt overwhelmed, lost, working so hard to provide for your family while seemingly abandoning them as you feel increasingly distant, disappointed, almost too frustrated to go forward but with too much at stake to quit? Learn how these author-entrepreneur-dads hit a wall, pivoted, built even stronger businesses, and now each has a million dollar story making a difference and changing their families' lives. Every author represented has one or several businesses close to or above $1million in revenue. Importantly, these highly successful entrepreneurs share their best advice and secrets for mastering work-life balance; businesses based on increasing sales, monetizing podcasts, employing smart tax strategies, excelling at affiliate marketing, mastering the mindset game, and more! In an era of rapid change, hear directly from highly influential businessmen who encourage action-taking and an entrepreneurial mindset, skillset, and business for the next generation to write their own million dollar story despite external forces. You'll hear from Preston Anderson whose infant son required multiple surgeries, spending the early part of his life in the hospital at a time when Preston had just left a job and chosen to open his firm. And how years later, his son and two other children are thriving, his business is thriving, and they've added a second highly successful entrepreneur to the household, as his wife went into business, too! And you'll hear from Chris Baden, dad to three, formerly an American Ninja Warrior competitor, who grew three businesses to the million-dollar mark based on his system of purpose driven prospecting - which his three-year-old son has now mastered! Akbar Sheikh went from living in a closet with his brother to receiving four Two Comma Club awards while helping thousands of entrepreneurial students make more to give more. But...no more spoilers! Listen to Million Dollar Dads so you, too, can master work-life balance, prioritize being present with your family, and achieve noteworthy influence and success.
©2020 Jamie Wolf (P)2021 Jamie Wolf