In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti "is more than just a crime story. it is a tour of the early 20th century American psyche....After reading Tejada's book, readers feel as though they have been in the room for the autopsy."

Tejada "makes convincing parallels between the anti-anarchism atmosphere surrounding the case and the terrorism-inspired hysteria prompted by 9/11, and carefully documents the indisputable fact that the defendants did not receive a fair trial, even by the lax standards of the day."

“This is a terrific reexamination of the Sacco and Vanzetti case by journalist Tejada, whose lively writing and reporter’s eye offer a fresh, invigorating perspective on otherwise familiar characters and historical episodes. She brings the suspense and engagement of a good thriller to the events surrounding the April 1920 murders of a Massachusetts paymaster and security guard….Her examination of the case and her ‘alternative theory’ of…guilt or innocence are both compelling. Tejada set out to write ‘a double biography,’ one that attempts to ‘decouple Sacco from Vanzetti’….In the process, she has also written a very entertaining and perceptive history of early twentieth-century radicalism, anarchism, the Wobblies, and the American Labor Movement.”