Zero at the bone
Subtitle: the playboy, the prostitute, and the murder of Bobby Greenlease
By: John Heidenry
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780312376796
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Greenlease, Robert Cosgrove; Hall, Carl Austin; Heady, Bonnie Emily; Kidnapping -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Case studies; Murder -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: Documents the 1953 kidnapping and murder of a wealthy automobile dealer's son, describing how former inmate Carl Austin Hall and prostitute Bonnie Heady successfully collected a lucrative ransom that was subsequently stolen by mobster Joe Costello.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A trusting child; title: Kansas City noir; title: The vigil; title: The shady motel; title: The third man; title: The shadow; title: Burial; title: Confessions and denials; title: Death row; title: Goodbye and thanks; title: The Greenlease curse