Jd Chandler Knihy

"In an era when Portland's shipyards thrived, so, too, did corruption. The Red Scare that followed the 1934 Waterfront Strike allowed gangsters to gain control of some of the city's unions. Working in cahoots with high-ranking city officials, criminals like Al Winter and James Elkins gained power and influence, often using "goon squads" of union men and hired criminals to enforce their will. Now authors JD Chandler and JB Fisher bring Portland's days of civic corruption and hidden murders out of the shadows. With unprecedented access to the police investigative files of the Frank Tatum murder of 1947 and the detective notebooks and tape recorder transcripts of Multnomah County sheriff's detective Walter Graven, the authors shed new light on Portland's turbulent mid-twentieth-century past."--Provided by publisher.

"Chronicles the coverups, the false confessions, the miscarriages of justice and the investigative twists and turns of Portland's infamous crimes, while providing valuable historical perspective"--P. [4] of cover.

Mud BayMud Bay is the southern-most tip of the Puget Sound. When the tide goes out it becomes a bay of mud. Things are as clear as mud for Richard Esher as he investigates the car accident that killed his partner, Maggie McGrath. From Seattle to Olympia and all points in between, Esher chases blackmailers, killers and maybe the hijacker D.B. Cooper.