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  • Sex Money Murder

  • A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal
  • By: Jonathan Green
  • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
  • Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (402 ratings)

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Sex Money Murder

By: Jonathan Green
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
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Chronicling the rise and fall of Sex Money Murder, one of the most violent and notorious gangs of its era, and of the dedicated detectives and prosecutors struggling to stem the tide of violence, reporter Jonathan Green creates a visceral and devastating portrait of a New York City borough.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Bronx had one of the highest per capita murder rates in the country. The reason was simple: as the use of crack cocaine surged, replacing heroin as the high of choice, dealers and gangs staked claims to territory and consumers through intimidation and murder, and families found themselves fractured by crime and incarceration. Based on years of research and extraordinary access to former gang members, Green creates an epic character-driven narrative, drawing on first-person interviews, police reports, and court transcripts to offer a unique and engrossing work of gritty urban reportage. Magisterial in its scope, Sex Money Murder offers an extraordinary perspective on modern-day America.

©2018 Jonathan Green (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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Sad but accurate interpretation

Obviously the dedication to present a through literary work is evident.
The account is a great look at the disheartening life of persons not afforded what others might have. The choices, if any, are very narrow and life is dictated by the lack of those missing choices.
Great work

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Powerful Story, Great Performance

A very well-written and well-researched account that gets past the hysteria and hyperbole of headlines about the crack wars to paint vivid portraits of the real human beings involved. The performance is delivered with energy and feeling without becoming maudlin or melodramatic. Highly recommended.

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Totally Compelling

I didn't realize at first that this was a documentary of sorts; not a fiction novel. As disturbing as some of the facts are, I was all in.

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A window into a world

The way this book describes the lives of a notorious gang and also the lives of the detectives investigating them is amazing. You don’t just a police drama, you get a window into worlds you don’t know personally and actually understand the communities and people surrounding a world of violence and hardship. This humanizes everyone in the retelling of true events in an amazing way.

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Great Book

Good stories about the times in NY where things were lawless. For those of us who lived this era this brings back memories.

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Great story

Overall a great, exciting book. It’s very awkward to hear the clearly Caucasian narrator read the n word and AAVE

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great

great book very insightful thank you really I enjoyed it hope to read more from you

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Picture perfect

I could see this book vividly and have listened to it about 8 times. Great storytelling.

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outstanding

The book was well read.
As usual performance was great.
The story was outstanding as well.

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Amazing book.

This was one best story’s in American crime history. Jon Green does an excellent job painting the picture of SMM and Soundview.

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