‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ becomes Amazon bestseller after words carved into bullets used to killed UnitedHealthcare CEO

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The book’s title is reminiscent of the three words carved into the bullet casings — “deny,” “defend,” “depose” — found on the Midtown Manhattan street where 50-year-old Thompson was fatally shot on December 4. Investigators believed the cryptic words found on the bullet casings alluded to “the three D’s of insurance” — deny, delay, defend — which are tactics that critics say insurers use to avoid paying claims. The book is an “expose of insurance injustice and a plan for consumers and lawmakers to fight back” and includes stories from dozens of Americans who were “unfairly denied payment,” the description says open image in gallery Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, poses shortly after being discovered by police at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. open image in gallery ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ has become an unexpected bestseller in the wake on UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder Mangione was carrying “multiple fraudulent IDs,” a ghost gun, a suppressor, clothes and masks, all of which were “consistent with” the suspected shooter, NYPD said following his arrest Monday.