THE CRIMSON ROSE

De: Douglas Dollard

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In an era of flappers, gunsels, dames, and rumrunners, Bobby Maguire was southern Florida’s most notorious bootlegger. Young, handsome, and daring to the point of recklessness, Bobby made millions sneaking his liquor-laden quick boats past a gauntlet of armed and vigilant patrol boats of the United State’s Coast Guard. In the roaring twenties Florida, fueled by a land boom was the fastest-growing state in the nation and Maguire was determined to feed its thirst for booze, dames, and high times. Drawn by Maguire’s flamboyance and dashing good looks women adored him. But Bobby’s passion had been ignited by the enigmatic and alluring jazz singer billed as the Crimson Rose. Their torrid affair would become south Florida’s greatest love story and its most puzzling mystery. But fame and success did not come without a price. In the winter of 1925, at the pinnacle of his success, Bobby Maguire disappeared and neither he nor the Crimson Rose was ever seen again. Now Michael Riley must solve the mystery of the couple’s disappearance if he is to save their great-granddaughter from a ruthless and sinister killer. With time running out Riley risks his life to unravel the shocking secret that has captivated a nation and memorialized one of the most fascinating periods in American history. With a fortune in bearer bonds, diamonds, and gold at stake, Riley threads a perilous path among corrupt government officials and deadly drug cartels bent on stealing his client's inheritance. In the aftermath of the Great War and the Spanish Influenza, all anyone wanted was to let the good times roll. Lead by big bands they danced to the black bottom and the charleston, oblivious to the deadly criminals who delivered the booze that fueled their high spirits.