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World-class beaches, fragrant frangipani, swaying palms, and hula girls. Most folks think of Hawaii as a vacation destination. Mob-style executions, drug smuggling, and vicious gang warfare are seldom part of the postcard image. Yet, Hawaii was once home to not only Aloha spirit, but also a ruthless, homegrown mafia underworld. From 1960 to 1980, Hawaiian gangsters grew rich off a robust trade in drugs, gambling, and prostitution that followed in the wake of Hawaii's tourist boom. Thus, by 1980-the year Charles Marsland was elected Honolulu's top prosecutor-the honeymoon island paradise was also plagued by violence, corruption and organized crime. The zeal that Marsland brought to his crusade against the Hawaiian underworld was relentless, self-destructive, and very personal. Five years earlier, Marsland's son had been gunned down. His efforts to bring his son's killers to justice-and indeed, eradicate the entire organized criminal element in Hawaii-make for an extraordinary tale that culminates with intense courtroom drama. Hawaii Five-O meets Wiseguy in author Jason Ryan's vigorously reported chronicle of brazen gangsters, brutal murders, and a father's quest for vengeance-all set against an unlikely backdrop of seductive tropical beauty.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Social services & welfare, criminology Crime & criminology

• Full title: Hell-Bent
• Subtitle: One Man's Crusade to Crush the Hawaiian Mob
• Author: Jason Ryan
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780762793037
• ISBN: 0762793031
• ID: 06794288
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Weight: 30 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 138 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. November 2014

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