ROTTEN APPLES True Stories of New York Crime and Mystery 1689 to the Present

Softcover. Three centuries of murder, madness and mayhem, Big Apple style. The authors investigate the treasury of true crime straight from the streets of The City That Never Sleeps. Vice, victims, and vengeance spotlights sinister citizens from Boss Tweed and Typhoid Mary to Mark David Chapman and Jack Henry Abbott, plus detailed map references to guide you to the locations where they committed their grisly crimes. Also includes playboy medical student Carlyle Harris, Rosann Quinn and Son of Sam, dubbed "The .44 Caliber Killer" who, for more than a year, held the city paralyzed with fear. Illus., Bibliog. and Index. 412pp. trade size p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr.F. with no creasing to covers.