Bibliograph

Satan's circus, [murder, vice, police corruption and New York's trial of the century], Mike Dash

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Satan's circus, [murder, vice, police corruption and New York's trial of the century], Mike Dash

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eng

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Main title

Satan's circus

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Oclc number

86069414

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Mike Dash

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[murder, vice, police corruption and New York's trial of the century]

Summary

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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