Bad, Like Jesse James

BAD, LIKE JESSE JAMES is a novel based on the incredibly true story of an unbelievably corrupt ATF agent who engaged in extortion, drug trafficking, fraud and armed robbery (among many other crimes) in 1970's Detroit, and yet was thought to be an exemplary agent. BAD, LIKE JESSE JAMES tells the mind-bogglingly true tale of a man who was so brazen that he once plotted to rob a Brinks truck, and then threatened to blow up Detroit Metro Airport unless he was paid one million dollars. It tells the amazingly true story of a massively corrupt federal agent who sold stolen weapons and explosives to known criminals; who ran with murderers, thieves and bootleggers, and who ruled much of' Detroit's heroin trade with cold-blooded reckless abandon – all while hiding behind his badge. BAD, LIKE JESSE JAMES tells the true story of a very, very bad man and how the dogged determination of two ATF agents eventually brought him down.