In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a dangerous Bargain for Redemption (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene) - Hardcover

Keene, James; Levin, Hillel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410435601 ISBN 13: 9781410435606

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2011

Synopsis

Traces the story of a once-promising football athlete and imprisoned drug dealer who was offered his freedom in exchange for coaxing a confession out of a serial killer, an effort for which he risked his life and sparked heated controversy. (true crime).

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES KEENE is the son of a former police officer who went from high school football star to major-league drug dealer. Serving a long prison sentence, he accepted an offer from the federal government to go undercover as an inmate in the nation's toughest maximum security prison for the criminally insane in order to help solve the case of a serial killer who was incarcerated there. In exchange, he would gain his own freedom. After his release, he returned to college and earned a degree in business. He now lives in Chicago.

HILLEL LEVIN has been a contributing writer for the Nation, a staff writer for New York, and editor for Chicago magazine. He is the author of Grand Delusions: The Cosmic Career of John DeLorean. He lives near Chicago, Illinois.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1410435601
• ISBN 13: 9781410435606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390