tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125402.post5396770434220840591..comments2024-03-05T10:31:26.598-05:00Comments on SW Virginia law blog: Every one of the regular readers should read this bookUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125402.post-42484059190023702322008-11-20T18:48:00.000-05:002008-11-20T18:48:00.000-05:00I just ordered that book!Have you read The Bluegra...I just ordered that book!<BR/>Have you read The Bluegrass Conspiracy by Sally Denton ? SWVA plays a large part in that story. If you have not read it, check it out. You may even thank me.<BR/><BR/>"From Library Journal<BR/>Denton, a former investigator for Jack Anderson, relates a sordid tale of corruption in Lexington, Kentucky. Among the major players were Governor John Y. Brown; his top political aides; former policeman and blueblood Andrew Thornton, the leader of an organization known as the "Company"; and other bluebloods, rich from money originally earned in horse-breeding and racing. Ralph Rose, a Kentucky state policeman who began a crusade to catch Thornton and his associates, was eventually forced out by being framed in an illegal wiretapping charge. Yet ultimately press coverage exposed the conspiracy. A labyrinthian tale, made complex by its mix of "good guys" and "bad guys," this will be of interest to libraries with large true crime sections. Recommended."Carl Kilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091768015799533072noreply@blogger.com