In spring, 1934, John Dillinger made his infamous "wooden gun" escape from an Indiana prison. Within 24 hours he had found a hideout in Minnesota's Twin Cities. The Resurrection of John Dillinger is a novel based on the last spring of Dillinger's life, between that prison escape and the firefight at Little Bohemia. The story opens on Easter Saturday 1934, when federal agents trapped Dillinger and Billie Frechette in a Saint Paul apartment. Dillinger is wounded but recovers after help from Saint Paul gangsters and a Minneapolis doctor. The novel also follows the two historical characters who...
In spring, 1934, John Dillinger made his infamous "wooden gun" escape from an Indiana prison. Within 24 hours he had found a hideout in Minnesota's Tw...
In this second book of the series, bootlegger Mick Powers is trying to survive his reluctant association with the Barker-Karpis gang. It's Christmas, 1932 and the gang has targeted a Minneapolis bank. Mick is the "jug marker" who sets up what he hopes is a bloodless robbery. But when the Barker gang hooks up with the madman known as The Chopper, things quickly go wrong.
In this second book of the series, bootlegger Mick Powers is trying to survive his reluctant association with the Barker-Karpis gang. It's Christmas, ...
Mick Powers, wanted in Saint Paul, is living on the lam deep in the quiet woods of Wisconsin. Just after New Year's, his phone starts ringing with phantom calls. Then one snowy afternoon, a dark sedan lumbers down his driveway. Mick's dogs go into a frenzy of barking, trying to tell him that the visitors are big trouble. Out of that sedan pops Alvin Karpis, Fred Barker and his brother Doc. They say they only want a small favor. So begins an unwanted adventure that finds Mick involved in the final crime of the Barker Gang's long and deadly career.
Mick Powers, wanted in Saint Paul, is living on the lam deep in the quiet woods of Wisconsin. Just after New Year's, his phone starts ringing with pha...
During a howling blizzard in March, 1932, Sadie and Rose, two hard luck women from out of town, are found murdered and burned on the banks of the Mississippi. Bootlegger Mick Powers was among the last to see them alive, and embarks on a dark and dangerous inquiry into who murdered the girls.
During a howling blizzard in March, 1932, Sadie and Rose, two hard luck women from out of town, are found murdered and burned on the banks of the Miss...
This historically-accurate novel details the Gangster Era kidnapping of wealthy brewer William Hamm. The culprits were the Barker-Karpis gang, in association with Capone mobsters. The novel also details the corrupt involvement of the local police.
This historically-accurate novel details the Gangster Era kidnapping of wealthy brewer William Hamm. The culprits were the Barker-Karpis gang, in asso...
