Audio Book Description:
Lawyer George Remus became the country`s biggest bootlegger, grossing over $80 million until his arrest. Upon his release from prison, he learns thathis beautiful wife, Imogene, has left him and that his bank accounts are empty. On the morning of their divorce, he runsher car off the road in themiddle of rush hour in Eden Park and shoots her to death. Shocked and fascinated by this horrible crime, the country gears up fora sensational trial pitting theman known as "the king of the bootleggers" against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the formerpresident. The trial is a national spectacle, a lens focused on the fabulous rise and fall of the Remus empire and the tragic love story withinit, and an attempt to answer some tantalizing questions: What actually happened to thefortune? What are the motivesof the federal agent who broughtRemus down? What complex emotions and desires, leading ultimately to the ruin of three men, lie within the heart of the woman known as the Jazz Bird? Based on a true story, The Jazz Bird is at once a love story, a crime novel and the tale ofthe courtroom battle betweentwo powerful men whoserespective futures hang in the balance.
