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Satan's Circus

Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
Dash, Mike (Book - 2007)
Satan's Circus


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They called it Satan's Circus--a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common there that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps

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They called it Satan's Circus--a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common there that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel. But when, two weeks later, an ambitious district attorney charged young policeman Charley Becker with ordering the murder, even the denizens of Satan's Circus were surprised. The handsome lieutenant was a decorated hero, the renowned leader of New York's vice-busting Special Squad. Was he a bad cop leading a double life, or a pawn felled by the sinister rogues who ran Manhattan's underworld? This tale brings to life an almost-forgotten Gotham.--From publisher description.

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Imprint: New York - Crown Publishers
Pages: 449
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 1400054710, 9781400054718
Language: English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-432) and index
Statement of responsibility: Mike Dash
Characteristics: xii, 449 p. :,ill., maps ;,24 cm
Author (Original Script): Dash, Mike
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