Ghosts of Park Eden. Ebbott K.

In the first days after the adoption of the “dry law” in the United States, long before the name Al Capone became known to all Americans, the son of German immigrants George Rimus quit legal practice and took up the trade of whiskey. Two years later, he became a multimillionaire. At extravagant parties in his luxurious mansion in Cincinnati, he, together with his wife, a secular lioness of Imozhen, generously endowed the guests: diamonds - men, expensive cars - women. By mid -1921, Rimus controlled 35% of all alcohol trade in the United States.

Assistant General Prosecutor General Mabel Wallestrandt decided to overthrow the “king of bootleger” from his throne. She directed her best agent Franklin Dodge to investigate the activities of the Rimus Empire. This decision had a fatal consequences: Rimus was in prison, and his wife twisted an affair with a clever agent. They started against Rimus an intrigue who reached the highest levels of power and ended with a murder shocked by America. The story that Karen Ebbott tells is incredible, but it is true from the first to the last word and is completely based on historical documents.