{"product_id":"busting-bad-guys-my-true-crime-stories-of-bookies-drug-dealers-and-ladies-of-the-night-9780991311019","title":"Busting Bad Guys: My True Crime Stories of Bookies, Drug Dealers, and Ladies of the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Langan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mtl838 LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mtl838 LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 seconds of pure terror in a shootout with a drug dealer... Real crime. Real-life cop stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSergeant Mark Langan relives his front-row seat working the seamier side of crime during his decorated twenty-six-year career from youngest rookie in 1978 to narcotics sergeant on the Omaha Police force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLangan caught bold burglars who silently entered homes to get thrills off of touching sleeping victims. He hit bookie joints in smoke-filled bars, squeezed snitches for information, and arrested prostitutes and their everyday \"Johns\" in dangerous downtown alleys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLangan worked his way up the ranks to command undercover narcotics operations in the 1980s when sinister LA gangbangers invaded Omaha and claimed neighborhoods to sell crack. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his celebrated career, Langan felt the gut-wrenching pain of innocent children caught inside the wicked world of drugs and crime, their \"safe\" worlds shattered when the battering ram knocked down their doors-their cries haunt him every day. And two players from his past reemerge in startling ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBusting Bad Guys delivers a graphic and authentic look at solid policing on the streets of America's heartland and takes readers inside the high-adrenaline, top-secret investigations to develop innovative tactics to outsmart the criminals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteven Eskew, book reviewer and writer in New York City, says \"Langan relates his many adventures with meat and potatoes precision, illustrating a cop's life with detailed imagery but without sensationalizing the excitement. He balances his memoir by sharing his years-later encounter with \"One-Eyed Jack's\" daughter, (the drug dealer that was killed during a shoot out at the beginning of the book), and an update on a childhood playmate who had descended into prostitution. The book's sheer readability and intriguing subject matter makes you sorry to find yourself on the final page.\"","brand":"Mtl838 LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45509842272407,"sku":"9780991311019","price":1694.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780991311019.webp?v=1767170018","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/busting-bad-guys-my-true-crime-stories-of-bookies-drug-dealers-and-ladies-of-the-night-9780991311019","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}