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The Darkest Glare - A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles (Paperback)
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The Darkest Glare - A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles (Paperback)
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Late-seventies Los Angeles was rampant with killers and shady
characters, but all the go-getters at Space Matters saw was
possibility. Richard Kasparov was handsome and charismatic; his
younger associate, Jerry Schneiderman, brilliant and nerdy. When
the pair hired a veteran contractor to oversee construction, the
space planning firm they operated out of a hip mansion in LA's
Miracle Mile district appeared poised to transform the boundless
skyline into their jackpot. After the promising team imploded,
however, the orderly lines on their blueprints succumbed to
treachery and secrets. To get even, one of the ex-partners launched
a murder-for-profit corporation using, among other peculiar sorts,
a bantam-sized epileptic with a deadeye shot and a cross-dressing
sidekick. The hapless criminals required a comical number of
attempts to execute their first target. Once they did, on a rainy
night in the San Fernando Valley, the surviving founder of Space
Matters was thrown into a pressure cooker existence out of a Coen
Brothers movie. Threatened for money he didn't have, he donned a
disguise, survived a heart-pounding encounter at the La Brea Tar
Pits, and relied on an ex-Israeli mercenary for protection. In the
end, he had to outfox a glowering murderer, while asking if you can
ever really know anyone in a town where dirty deals send men to
their graves. In The Darkest Glare, Chip Jacobs recounts a
spectacular, noir-ish, true-crime saga from one of the deadliest
eras in American history. You'll never gaze out windows into the
dark again. Included as a bonus is an original true crime short
from the same unhinged era. In "Paul & Chuck," a flashy,
crusading attorney wages war against the messianic leader of a
bloodthirsty cult determined to teach the world to stay away.
General
Imprint: |
Rare Bird Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2023 |
Authors: |
Chip Jacobs
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Dimensions: |
215 x 139mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64428-191-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
1-64428-191-0 |
Barcode: |
9781644281918 |
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