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The Bluegrass Conspiracy

An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs, and Murder

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The Bluegrass Conspiracy

By: Sally Denton
Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
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When Kentucky blueblood Drew Thornton parachuted to his death in September 1985 - carrying thousands in cash and 150 pounds of cocaine - the gruesome end of his startling life blew open a scandal that reached to the most secret circles of the US government. The story of Thornton and “The Company” he served, and the lone heroic fight of State Policeman Ralph Ross against an international web of corruption, is one of the most portentous tales of the 20th century.

©1990 Sally Denton (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas United States
Fascinating Conspiracy • Complex Characters • Great Voice • Detailed Investigation • Captivating Storyline
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Wild story, with a lot of different players. Certain points can be a bit dry, whild others don't even seem real.

Wild Story

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A well done piece in some interesting characters in the history of KY and the drug world.

Great storyline, interesting.

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I enjoyed the information in the book but the reader is not familiar with the correct pronunciation of many of the Kentucky areas, which is an unfortunate distraction.

Captivating Yet Distracting

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This was a first-rate read about power, privilege, and corruption in Lexington KY. It boggles the mind how easily people can be brought to do evil things and rationalize their behaviors.

Unbelievable

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Struggled to finish this title unfortunately. The overall story arc is interesting, but it is incredibly long winded. The final few chapters pick up a bit, but the ending left me feeling similarly as I did when I finished watching No Country For Old Men (the movie).

Long Winded For My Taste

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At every step of the way I thought I knew where this book was going to go, I could not have been more wrong.

Jeez

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Excellent story! Exposes multiple criminal and governmental conspiracies about which several more books could have been written.

Amazing story!

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But then I was a student at the University of Kentucky while this was happening. I did not know then that it’s not just Kentucky involved in Government corruption. It’s at its worst on the national level. It was interesting to go back through this again after learning that the majority of our local, state, and national government is corrupt. The only irritation with this is the mispronunciation of Lexington roads, areas, etc and the portrayal of Lexintonians with a South Carolina accent. People that live in Lexington and from Eastern Or Southeastern KY do have an accent, but that’s not it…no offense. I still loved this. John Y Brown the forefather of Democratic Crooks!!

Excellent!!!

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Great story, but more than a few assumptions were made in order to sell some books.

Ok

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So many tangled webs involving so many Kentucky figures. It is a true crime novel and a mystery all in one.

Could make a great miniseries.

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