The many murders of Michael Malloy : the most outrageous Irish murder you've never heard of
Read, Simon, 1974-2025
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In the Prohibition era, the speakeasies of New York City provide some much-needed respite, particularly for the likes of Michael Malloy, an isolated Irish immigrant. But times are tough and for an unlikely group of associates - a bar owner, an undertaker, a greengrocer, a cabbie and a local gangster - desperate times call for desperate measures. And so, a simple plan is hatched: take out life insurance on the unsuspecting Michael Malloy and help him along to an early grave. What follows is a sinister concoction of poisoned alcohol, shots of antifreeze, tainted oysters, sardine sandwiches laced with glass, overnight exposure to freezing temperatures, and assault by taxicab. But 'Iron Mike' Malloy survives it all - until he doesn't. This book details a crime so convoluted, so staggering in its audacity, authorities at first refused to believe it.
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Author:
Read, Simon, 1974-, author
Imprint:
Dublin : Gill Books, 2025.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781804583005 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523092364.1523
LC class:
HV6534.N4
Language:
English
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BRN:
4166452
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