In the exclusive suburb of Grosse Pointe, Alan Canty was a respected psychologist, with clients drawn from wealthy families across Detroit. But at night, he ventured into the city's seedy south side, where, under the name Dr. Al Miller, he met with prostitutes. One girl in particular caught Dr. Al's eye: a skinny teenage drug addict named Dawn, an ex-honor student who had fallen under the spell of a pimp named Lucky. Canty became their ...
Ein parapsychologisches Forscherteam verbringt einige Tage im legendaren Schweizer Spukhaus der Familie Lufer und verschwindet daraufhin spurlos. Die unheimliche Geschichte des Orts und die dunklen Geheimnisse der Forscher vermischen sich zu einem Strudel unvorhersehbarer Ereignisse. Lediglich die kurzlich aufgefunden Tonaufnahmen der Expeditionliefern ein verstorendes Zeugnis der Geschehnisse. Schonungslos, real, authentisch – und definitiv nic ...
“The only reason I can write about any of this – how cocaine smuggling is ruining an area of Africa the size of Western Europe – is because I have agreed to identify almost no one who spoke to me.” In Cocaine Highway, Alex Perry lifts the lid on a problem few are willing to talk about: direct connections between the recreational drug habits of the relatively rich and privileged in Europe, and the Islamists who fund their war against the ...
True-crime master Ron Franscell tells the grisly story of Alice and Gerald Uden, a loving couple who murdered at least four people and lived happily ever after – while cops tried for decades to piece together a petrifying tale of murder and secrets. In 1974, Alice, a desperate young mother in a gritty Wyoming boomtown, kills her husband and dumps his body where it will never be found, then slips away and starts a new life. But when her new man&a ...
Die dramatische Kidnapping-Geschichte des deutschen Lufthansa Managers Michael Wurche, damals 40, 1983 in La Paz/Bolivi. Wurche erzahlt anschaulich vom Ablauf der Entfuhrung durch 5 maskierte Bewaffnete,– wie man ihn dabei dreimal fast erscho? und durch die Injektion der Uberdosis eines Betaubungsmittels beinahe umbrachte. Er schildert seine 11 tagige Gefangenschaft bei Kalte und Hunger in eisiger Hohe von 4100 m auf der bolivianischen Hochebene ...
As I write this, the nation is still reeling from multiple shocks in July 2016. First, as the month began, came yet two more videotaped incidents of police shooting to death black arrestees after many other such widely-publicized incidents over the previous several years. The day after the Fourth of July holiday, disturbing footage went viral of Baton Rouge police outside a convenience store firing repeatedly at 37-year-old Alton Sterling while ...
Winner of the 2018 Southwest Book Award WWA Spur Award Finalist Against 1970s backdrop of Vietnam and Kent State, political corruption and radical activism, comes the true tale of a brotherhood of Border Rats who pull off the most audacious shipment of dope ever attempted: 28-tons of primo Colombian aboard a rusty shrimp boat, headed for a secret rendezvous along the congested coast of Massachusetts. At a place called Folly Cove. ...
"Cartwright tells the story of the Chagra brothers, Lee and Joe, as they get mixed up with the drug-running community along the border and in short order find themselves hopelessly entangled in a net cast by the DEA. Even readers unfamiliar with the well-publicized events of the book or of the dark, lawless aspect that often rules El Paso will find themselves pulled along by the plot: brigands and intrigue leap from almost every page, and t ...
Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nick Bilton's American Kingpin PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nick Bilton's American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: American Ki ...
