While at times Towhey provides a unique look at battleground Ford, his book lacks the suspense and pacing of the single best account of the Ford escapades (more on that below). That’s because so much of what Towhey writes about is already in the public domain.
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When Towhey’s tale eventually gets into the issues readers will be looking for — drinking, lewd behaviour, crack — they will see that Towhey, the trusted adviser, was faced with a fair number of uncomfortable situations. While he tried to help and control Ford behind the scenes, he never went public, even though he had information that, arguably, the public and the police should have.
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Towhey’s book is certainly worth reading for those who want to glean every bit of information possible from the Ford story. For my money, though, the most gripping account of many of the Ford shenanigans was written by Toronto police Det. Const. Ali Nader Khoshbooi, the “affiant” who swore out the 465-page affidavit to obtain search warrant in the Sandro Lisi investigation that intersected at so many points with Ford’s escapades. First “published” in 2013, reprinted many times on the web, that text offers a serious behind-the-scenes look at key parts of the Ford years.
