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A true crime story about the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation
In the early days of Prohibition (long before Al Capone became famous), German immigrant George Remus decides to leave his law practice and enter the whiskey business.
Within two years, he has become a multimillionaire—the bootleg king, as the press calls him, publishing thrilling stories about the Gatsby-style parties he and his glamorous wife, Imogen, threw at their Cincinnati mansion, with gifts ranging from diamond jewelry for the women to brand-new cars for the men. By the summer of 1921, Remus owns 35 percent of all the alcohol in the United States.
Young prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt is determined to bring him down. The Justice Department was confident that she would pose no real threat to the cozy relationship they maintain with Remus. And to prove them wrong, Mabel sends her best investigator, Franklin Dodge, to investigate the empire. This decision has deadly consequences: the FBI gets involved, Remus is imprisoned, and Imogen begins an affair with Dodge and plans to destroy her own husband. The bitter enmity reaches the highest levels of power. The only way to stop it is through murder.