Vegas P. I.
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ISBN13: 9781560250579
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"The extraordinary and glamorous adventure of one of the most renowned private investigators of all time, Vegas P.I. is the fascinating and often moving autobiography of a genuine American original - Lake Headley. Filled with major crime cases and startling revelations, it chronicles his thirty-five perilous and action-packed years as a first-rank detective defending the disenfranchised and battling crime on the streets of Las Vegas and beyond." "Headley relates his early years working for the Las Vegas/Clark County Sheriff's Department, a force which more closely resembled a vigilante committee than a law enforcement agency. After five years Headley's conscience and stomach got the better of him and, in 1962, he resigned and set out on his own, launching one of the most spectacular careers in criminal justice history." "He takes us back to a period of gambling history when the Mob ruled the strip and he busted some of the most ingenious scams cheaters ever devised. Headley gives never-revealed details of the famous "Friars Club Cheating Case" in which celebrities such as Phil Silvers, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin, and Groucho Marx lost more than a million dollars in a rigged gin rummy game at the exclusive Friars Club in Beverly Hills." "Headley chronicles his wild adventures with the legendary bounty hunter "Papa" Ralph Thorson. He pursues a dangerous involvement with the American Indian Movement (AIM) after their 72-day Wounded Knee occupation, which ultimately evolved into the most massive private defense investigation in history. Fascinating new information is revealed about the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), and the mysterious conflagration and gun battle in which 6 members of the SLA died in a house in Los Angeles although they apparently were trying to surrender." "Among his many brushes with celebrity, he was called in to investigate the Bloomingdale-Morgan Affair, a murder case that involved sado-masochistic sex and a cast of characters that included Ronald and Nancy Reagan, department store magnate Alfred Bloomingdale, and the beautiful but ill-fated Vicki Morgan." "Always a champion of the underdog, Headley details his investigation into and subsequent release of Max Dunlap and James Robison, innocent men who were on death row after having been framed for the murder of journalist Don Bolles in a police and underworld cover-up. He is passionate in his defense of the hapless Marine sergeant Clayton Lonetree, convicted to 30 years for his naive but well-intentioned attempts at counter-espionage in a sex-for-secrets scandal at the American embassy in Moscow. In his last case, Headley's legwork provides the basis to the solution of the greatest mystery of them all - who killed Jimmy Hoffa?" "In the words of his friend, Manson prosecutor and author of Helter Skelter Vincent Bugliosi, Lake Headley was truly "the best private investigator on earth." His courage and fortitude never betrayed him even as he attempts, in the final chapter, to solve his most urgent life-or-death puzzle - his affliction with Lou Gehrig's disease. Vegas P.I. is a gripping and personal narrative, a captivating chronicle of some of the most notorious law cases of the late twentieth century, and the unforgettable story of the sleuth who solved them."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
| ISBN-13 | 9781560250579 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1560250577 |
| Weight | 1.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.75 In |
| List Price | $22.95 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 352 pages |
| Publisher | Running Press |
| Published On | 1993-05-11 |
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