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Book Review of The French Quarter Killers

The French Quarter Killers
The French Quarter Killers
Author: John Dillmann
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
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On july 20, 1976,the brutal murders of two protected winesses in the trial of a drug kingpin David Sylvester shocked all of new orleans. It was a crime that embarrassed everyone from the FBI to the drug enforcement Administration,from the New Orleans Distric Attorney to the city's police dept. A crime that threatened to destroy the credibility of the entire witness protection program. A crime that seemed unsolveable until Detective John Dillmann stepped in.
Now,the author of unholy matrimony reveals the startling true story behind his own investigaation.Disguised as a pimp,Dillmann plunged into the seedy underworld of New Orleans most famous distrct-a world of tranvestites and prostitutes,drug dealers and addicts.It was a slightly un orthodox way to solve a murder but it worked.