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Bolita Paperback – August 25, 2011

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Adapted from true stories, BOLITA is the gripping epic of one man's war on Tampa Florida's mafia and police corruption. In the mid-1970s, a determined group of a uncompromising City of Tampa detectives, an FBI special agent, and an Assistant US Attorney went after the entire police department and the ruthless criminal organization pulling its strings. One man, a cagey, implacable, bastard of a detective named Bill Brume, risked the entire investigation. It was all or nothing.Take a journey back to burgeoning Tampa in the 1960s and ‘70s, when this Florida city was clandestinely run by the infamous mob families you’ve come to know. But the times were changing. Against mafia wishes and their traditional vices, drug trafficking and resultant turf wars took over, much as it did in other mafia-run cities across the nation. Tampa’s law enforcement was further infiltrated and corrupted by these gangsters, eventually making it to the police department’s highest position. Many Tampa nightclubs were set ablaze, restaurant owners strafed by gunfire or blown to shreds with dynamite. Its international ports became beneficially monitored and controlled for narcotics and human trafficking, and homicide became a regular feature on the front pages. Half of the police department seemed to be on the take or looking the other direction. When Detective Bill Brume and company got in their way, Tampa boiled over. In 1975, at the table of a famous Ybor City cafe, Tampa’s over-ambitious mafia underboss and its top law enforcement met in order to solve their little problem. Against the mob’s omertà, and without the Don’s knowledge, there it was determined and agreed: The List of Five was drafted, and soon five men would be dead, starting with Bill Brume.
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    430 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    August 25, 2011
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 1.08 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0615527388
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0615527383
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"...the mob is coming to us!"
Almost as soon as Bill Brume made detective with Tampa's police department, he became a plague to organized crime. He never imagined, however, that as much as he investigated the mafia, the mafia investigated him. Worse, his investigations would eventually lead him down the loneliest road in law enforcement--Internal Affairs.

But Bill is not alone. Along with a trusted detective friend and a dauntless U.S. Attorney, the probe stretches their skills beyond the breaking point. Training and intuition are no longer enough. This mission means risk!

"Besides, nobody's that married."
As if investigating the mob's corruption of the police department wasn't disdainful enough, Bill subjects himself to face a comprehensive examination of his own morality. Compromise the love of his life? It's unthinkable, or so he thought.

At the same time, the mob has a few problems of their own. Giuseppe Cantonello ran the entire state of Florida for decades, as did his father before him. But he had become too old and out of touch with his soldiers to stop the sins they wished to commit. While Giuseppe relaxed in Central America, those beneath him plotted to take over. Only a few people stood in their way, and the first was Bill Brume.

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William "Bill" Brume didn't have much of a plan when he and his high school buddies fled their farms in rural Virginia. In fact, he had no direction at all even after joining the Air Force. When he entered Tampa's Police Department, however, he knew exactly what he wanted to do and exactly how he wanted to do it. Some had other plans.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ T. Nelson Taylor Books (August 25, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 430 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615527388
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615527383
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.08 x 9 inches
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Author of sci-tech adventure series Dust: Special Edition (2009-2022), To Dust (2022) and true crime-inspired novel BOLITA (2011), T. Nelson Taylor is an entertainer, audio engineer, science follower, former pilot, and enjoys upright motorcycling. He currently lives in Florida.

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