Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Remus sold himself to Imogene Holmes. He would handle her divorce, and she didn’t have to worry about his fee; in fact, he would pay the rent on her apartment and spend more time with her than he did with his wife. #2 Remus had always enjoyed confrontation, and he fought with the plumber who had disturbed his wife. He was eventually acquitted. His wife, Lillian, filed for divorce a second and final time, accusing him of cruelty. He agreed to a settlement reflective of his success: a lump sum of $50,000, $25 per week in alimony, and $30,000 in a trust for their daughter. #3 Remus’s plan was to start a large-scale operation to sell liquor on the medicinal market. He would obtain wholesale drug companies, then obtain withdrawal permits that would allow him to remove whiskey from his warehouses and sell it on the medicinal market. #4 Imogene had sold herself to Remus, too. She was malleable and receptive to his schemes. She would not tell anyone that Remus had always been terrified of ghosts. She would not divulge that his brother, Herman, had died in an insane asylum.

カレン・アボットが描くのは、禁酒法時代の熱狂とその影に潜む人間の業です。主人公ジョージ・リーマスの、緻密な知性と「密造酒王」としての狂気が同居する危うい魅力は、単なる犯罪録を超えた文学的な奥行きを放っています。彼が密かに抱える「幽霊」への恐怖や血縁の暗い影は、栄華の絶頂に忍び寄る破滅の予兆として、読者の胸を強くざわつかせるでしょう。 愛と野望、そして裏切りが交錯するドラマの本質は、リーマスとイモジーンが織りなす共依存的で歪んだ関係性に凝縮されています。法と欲望の境界を綱渡りするスリルとともに、華麗な邸宅に漂う孤独と心の深淵を抉り出す筆致は実に見事です。実在の事件を極上の物語へと昇華させた本作は、真実が持つ凄みと人間の複雑さを、私たちに突きつけてくるのです。