The Secret Man

In America's capital city, where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat - the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in 1972 - remained hidden for thirty-three years. Now, Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the FBI who helped end the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Secret Man chronicles the story in intimate detail, from Woodward's first, chance encounter with Felt in the Nixon White House, to their covert, middle-of-the-night meetings in an underground parking garage, to the aftermath of Watergate and decades beyond, until Felt finally stepped forward at age 91 to unmask himself as Deep Throat. It is an intense, 33-year journey and the gripping final chapter to one of the most exciting periods in journalistic and political history.

Bob Woodward is the author of three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers on President Trump – Fear (2018), Rage (2020) and Peril (2021) with Robert Costa – and an audio book of twenty interviews with Trump. He has authored twenty-two bestselling books, fifteen of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, covering every president from Nixon to Biden.