{"product_id":"machine-guns-typewriters-robert-wallace-9781961532052","title":"Machine Guns \u0026 Typewriters","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1934, a backyard auto mechanic, his dullard brother, and an M.I.T. graduate fleece the Massachusetts State Police at a Boston auto show when the trio steals a Thompson submachine gun from an exhibit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDays later, the bandits turn the weapon on hostages used as human shields, while killing two police officers during a bank heist in the sleepy suburb town of Needham. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in Massachusetts history a machine gun has been used in a crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is yet another job during a ruthless deluge of bloodshed which leaves two more citizens dead and a pair of taxi cab drivers caged in a courtroom surrounded by a legion of vengeful witnesses on the verge of convincing a jury to sentence the friends to death by electrocution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMired by political motivation and turmoil within an unorganized police force, tenacious detectives, known as \"The Four Aces\", find themselves clashing with more than just gangsters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, two rival crime reporters must combine wits to piece together the truth under the weight of competition between the city's mightiest newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst them are the tick of time, deficient evidence, and the indifference of cold blooded killers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961532050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961532052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MindStir Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Robert Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44652079579391,"sku":"9781961532052","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_220aecae-b3d3-4266-9410-e8af2579038b.jpg?v=1704214464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/machine-guns-typewriters-robert-wallace-9781961532052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}