| Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Ca Contributor(s): Huddy, John (Author), Rudnicki, Stefan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433233711 ISBN-13: 9781433233715 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime |
| Dewey: 364.155 |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Geographic Orientation - Nevada - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Locality - Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Immediately gripping and thoroughly harrowing, Storming Las Vegas tells the story of a remarkable true-life crime spree--a story that was previously squashed so as not to disturb tourism--that ultimately proves the saying "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." On September 20, 1998, a Cuban-born former Red Army lieutenant named Jose Vigoa launched a series of raids on the Las Vegas Strip. During a sixteen-month spree, Vigoa hit five world-class hotels, three armored cars, and one department store. The MGM, the Desert Inn, New York, New York, Mandalay Bay, and the Bellagio were the casinos involved. Lieutenant John Alamshaw, a twenty-three-year veteran in charge of robbery detectives, was ordered to stop the robberies at all costs. He knew he was up against a mastermind--what he didn't know was that he was running out of time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Huddy, John: - John Huddy is a veteran journalist and producer. Rudnicki, Stefan: -Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014 and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. |