Machine Guns & Typewriters -- Robert Wallace

<p>In 1934, a backyard auto mechanic, his dullard brother, and an M.I.T. graduate fleece the Massachusetts State Police at a Boston auto show when the trio steals a Thompson submachine gun from an exhibit. </p><p><br></p><p>Days later, the bandits turn the weapon on hostages used as human shields, while killing two police officers during a bank heist in the sleepy suburb town of Needham. </p><p><br></p><p>For the first time in Massachusetts history a machine gun has been used in a crime. </p><p><br></p><p>It is yet another job during a ruthless deluge of bloodshed which leaves two more citizens dead and a pair of taxi cab drivers caged in a courtroom surrounded by a legion of vengeful witnesses on the verge of convincing a jury to sentence the friends to death by electrocution. </p><p><br></p><p>Mired by political motivation and turmoil within an unorganized police force, tenacious detectives, known as "The Four Aces", find themselves clashing with more than just gangsters. </p><p><br></p><p>Now, two rival crime reporters must combine wits to piece together the truth under the weight of competition between the city's mightiest newspapers.</p><p><br></p><p>Against them are the tick of time, deficient evidence, and the indifference of cold blooded killers. </p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Robert Wallace<br><b>Publisher:</b> MindStir Media<br><b>Published:</b> 10/19/2023<br><b>Pages:</b> 314<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.30lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.00w x 0