The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder
Denton, a former investigator for Jack Anderson, relates a sordid tale of corruption in Lexington, Kentucky. Among the major players were Governor John Y. Brown; his top political aides; former policeman and blueblood Andrew Thornton, the leader of an organization known as the "Company"; and other bluebloods, rich from money originally earned in horse-breeding and racing. Ralph Ross, a Kentucky state policeman who began a crusade to catch Thornton and his associates, was eventually forced out by being framed in an illegal wiretapping charge. Yet ultimately press coverage exposed the conspiracy. A labyrinthian tale, made complex by its mix of "good guys" and "bad guys," this will be of interest to libraries with large true crime sections. Recommended.-Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.