Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers' Global Crime Empire

Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers' Global Crime Empire

by William Marsden (Author), Julian Sher (Author)

Synopsis

The Hell's Angels leader, Sonny Barger, is toasted as an American legend, and the bikers work hard to promote their folk-hero image. But the facts tell another story. The Hell's Angels are America's major crime export. Their membership has spread to 25 countries including the UK, Australia and Holland, where they have inspired a violent subculture of biker gangs who traffick drugs and suppress any attempt to stop them. "Angels of Death" opens at the darkest moment of the Hell's Angels story, with the beheading of a woman at a chapter meeting. It tells the true story of the bikers, their crime empire and the attempt of the police to stop them - with only a few successes. With eyewitness accounts from police officers who have infiltrated the gangs and gang members who have turned informers, and undercover interviews with the bikers themselves, this is a chilling insight into the world's fastest growing crime empire. It also includes exclusive material from the leaders of the Hells Angels - Sonny Barger and George Christie - who have agreed to be interviewed for the book.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 08 May 2006

ISBN 10: 0340898305
ISBN 13: 9780340898307

Media Reviews
* 'A true crime book that reads like a fiction thriller' - Canadian Press * 'An investigative tour-de-force... a riveting look inside the most powerful organized crime syndicate in Canada' - The Edmonton Journal
Author Bio
Julian Sher and William Marsden are investigative journalists, based in Canada. Their previous book, THE ROAD TO HELL (Knopf 2003) was a number one in Canada. It also won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime 2004 and was shortlisted for the Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.