It reads like a crime novel in the best way possible. His prose incorporates the vernacular of the officers and criminals it's hard–boiled, shot through with profanity, but never forced. Houlahan, who based his account of the robbery and its aftermath on interviews with the civilians, officers and robbers involved, proves to be a master at pacing-he writes with a narrative urgency that perfectly captures the quick and chaotic nature of the robbery. Nominated for the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Short–listed for the 2020 Dashiell Hammett Award for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing The resulting trial shakes the community to the core, raising many issues that continue to plague society today: from the epidemic of post–traumatic stress disorder within law enforcement to religious extremism and the militarization of local police forces. And when it’s over, three are dead and close to twenty wounded a police helicopter has been forced down from the sky, and thirty–two police vehicles have been completely demolished by thousands of rounds of ammo. Their desperate getaway turns the surrounding towns into war zones. In this riveting true story, a group of landscapers transforms into a murderous gang of bank robbers armed to the teeth with military–grade weapons. Part action thriller and part courtroom drama, this Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime transports the reader back to the Southern California of the 1970s, an era of predatory evangelical gurus, doomsday predictions, megachurches, and soaring crime rates, with the threat of nuclear obliteration looming over it all. history, forever changing the face of American law enforcement. Norco ’80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young men-led by an apocalyptic born–again Christian-attempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent criminal events in U.S. history-a crime that’s almost too wild to be real ( The New York Times Book Review). This “cinematic” true crime story transports readers to the scene of one of the most shocking bank heists in U.S.
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