The Setup - Pete Crooks - Audiobook - MP3 - ONTHAT
- Type:
- Audio > Audio books
- Files:
- 2
- Size:
- 325.89 MB
- Spoken language(s):
- English
- Tag(s):
- crime true crime expose memoire corruption cops
- Uploaded:
- May 26, 2019
- By:
- onthat
**** If you enjoy, please support the author by purchasing the book **** Title: The Setup: A True Story of Dirty Cops, Soccer Moms, and Reality TV Author: Pete Crooks (Joe Kenda - foreword) Category: Audiobook Narrated By: Keith Sellon-Wright Duration: 09:59:26 Source: Audible Type: MP3 Size: 325 MB Bitrate: 48 Kb/s Info: The pitch went like this: Chris Butler, a retired cop, ran a private investigator firm in Concord, California. His business had a fascinating angle - his firm was staffed entirely by soccer moms. In fact, Butler employed PI Super Moms: attractive, organized, smart, and trained in investigative techniques, self-defense, and weaponry. This American Life host Ira Glass described them as “MILF: Charlie’s Angels.” When this story came across Pete Crooks’s desk when he was working at Diablo magazine in 2010, he was instantly hooked. He’d heard a little bit about Butler and his super moms in the news; they’d been featured in People magazine and on Dr. Phil. What Butler’s publicist was offering was too tantalizing to pass up: an opportunity to ride along with Butler and a few of his sexy PIs as they prepared to start filming a reality TV show. But after the ride-along-and after he started receiving mysterious emails from one of Butler’s employees - Crooks started to realize something didn’t seem right. After doing a little digging, he discovered the “sting” he’d seen only had one real victim…him. The PI bust had been a setup.. He soon found himself deep in the underbelly of fake sting operations, wannabe celebrities, police corruption, drug-dealing, reality television, double-crossing employees, and more twists and turns than a dozen crime thrillers. **** If you enjoy, please support the author by purchasing the book ****