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After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious Eldorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn't think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over 10 years of cases, wondering who would want to beat him into unconsciousness, steal his gun and badge, and most importantly, make off with his prized dentures.

This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. In the 1980s, they controlled more than 50 percent of the cocaine flowing into the United States. The cocaine trade is capitalism on overdrive - supply meeting demand on exponential levels. Here you'll find the story of how the modern cocaine business started and how it turned a ragtag group of hippies and sociopaths into regal kings.

One of the most savage gang wars in Miami's bloody history occurred during the 1990s between the Boobie Boys and Vonda's Gang. Embroiled in a dispute over drug turf, these two narcotics organizations were responsible for over 40 murders and 100 non-fatal shootings. The gang leaders, one a man and one a woman, were ruthless and the streets of Miami ran red with blood. Innocent bystanders were murdered and maimed at an alarming rate. A five-year-old boy and his mother were killed when they were caught in the crossfire. Double and triple victim homicides were occurring with frightening ...

The unblinking story of two lost and self-destructive drifters - a failed painter working as a counterman in a cheap diner and a woman in flight from domestic violence - trying to find a place for themselves in the back streets of San Francisco, Pick-Up is hardboiled writing at its nihilistic best.

The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.

From its beginnings in the 1890s, Miami Beach has been a place made by visionaries and hustlers. During Prohibition, Al Capone had to muscle into its bootlegging and gambling businesses. After December 1941, when the Beach was the training ground for half a million army recruits, even the war couldn't stop the party. After a short postwar boom, the city's luck gave out. But in 1981, 125,000 Cubans arrived by the boatload.

Since her first day on the Miami Herald, rookie reporter Deborah Jones has been agitating for a shot at one particular story. William Craig is on death row, convicted of killing Senator Jack O'Neill's only son. There is no question of his guilt. Craig murdered the young man who was acquitted of raping his granddaughter. There are only five weeks and one day until his execution. And Craig has not given a single interview. She wants to know what prompted Craig to exact revenge.

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison.

A former professional boxer, actor, horse trainer and radio announcer, Charles Willeford is best known for his Miami-based crime novels featuring hard-boiled detective Hoke Moseley, including Miami Blues and Sideswipe. Of Cockfighter, Harry Crews said, “Charles Willeford renders the sport with such knowledge and attention to detail that...had the almost inexpressible impression of being on my knees again beside the great fighting pits of the southern circuit.

Sun Chu-Hua, a young female economic analyst for the Chinese Ministry of State Security stumbles upon a strange lunch bill while snooping into the accounting of a Swedish arms manufacturer. She insists on pursuing the lead further herself rather than turning the investigation over to superiors. She uncovers a strange and bizarre scientific discovery that will change the economic balance of the world. He discovery sends her headlong into a world of high finance, spies, intrigue, treachery, romance and ultimately violence. A fast moving, sexy, and thought-provoking espionage drama that will ...

Let's talk about local International Relations. We will showcase Miami's International diplomatic and business landscape, and get to know the innovative startups calling Miami home. Meet the people behind the organizations that contribute to Miami's commercial and cultural international growth. I am Alejandro Servalli, and I am the former Senior Advisor of International Relations to the City Manager of the City of Miami.

Locked On Dolphins podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Miami Dolphins and the National Football League. Hosted by Kyle Crabbs, the Locked On Dolphins podcast provides your daily Dolphins fix with expert, local analysis, and the most in-depth analysis, commentary and coverage of all aspects of the Dolphins franchise. The Locked On Dolphins podcast takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Dolphins locker room and all over the NFL. The Locked On ...

A sizzling hot short featuring Shannon and Gio, the stars of Gypsy Blue! Having checked into a luxury hotel for a well deserved mini-break, Shannon and Gio soon find themselves at cross purposes. The stunning female escort seeing this as a chance to take five, while her gypsy partner seems more intent on extending their stay indefinitely, turning it into a springboard for more sexual adventures. And when an evening cruise in a classic sports car takes them past a Swinger's convention, Gio is soon putting the brakes on and pulling into the hotel forecourt. For one lucky couple, a super hot ...

Veteran NFL broadcaster Josh Lewin is joined by nearly two dozen players from the 1972 Dolphins, as the league’s only “Perfect Season” is lovingly recalled in great detail. Hear stories from the locker room from the guys who were part of it all, from Griese and Csonka to Anderson and Fernandez. The 17-episode podcast will go game by game, all the way to 17-0. New episodes drop each week of the 2022 regular season. Happy 50th anniversary!

In the 1980s crime journalist Phil Stanford dove into the decadent and dangerous world of Miami just as the city was becoming the cocaine- and murder- capital of the United States. His path would place him in the crosshairs of a federal investigation focusing on a mysterious and controversial drug smuggling pilot who claimed to be an operative of the American government- all while flaunting his extensive illicit activity. Murder in Miami traces the connection between the murder of a missing Miami private investigator to the sprawling roots of an international money laundering scheme as ...

Born in Havana in the 1940s, Juan and Alberto Ramos grow up in a wealthy family divided by conflict. Their boyhood yearnings and adventures coincide with Cuba’s revolutionary upheaval of the late Fifties. With instability escalating on the island, the Ramos family makes a heartrending decision. Juan and Alberto’s father chooses to stay in Cuba while the brothers, their nanny, and their mother move to Miami to start new lives. Over the course of their youth, the brothers’ frequent encounters and unique connections with Fidel Castro in Cuba and then with John F. Kennedy in America leave...

In this “truly unique, intriguing, and satisfying” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author) thriller, a young man descends into the Los Angeles underworld to find his family’s killer—aided by a group of strangers with their own shadowy pasts. When Marty returns to Pennsylvania...

Omar Kelly and friends break down the ups and downs of the Miami Dolphins, one of the most entertaining teams (on and off the field) of the NFL.

Franky G is joined by Tiffany Meeks and Giancarlo Navas to talk about the Heat's exit interviews: • Niko avoiding the mirror • Spo delusional? • Last we've heard of norm? • G shows up unlike Wiggz and more! USE PROMO CODE HEATBEAT ON PRIZEPICKS TO GET $50 IN LINEUPS WHEN YOU PLAY YOUR FIRST $5 LINEUP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to The Heat Beat Podcast, a weekly NBA podcast dedicated to bringing you the latest dose of Miami Heat news, insight, and commentary from MiamiHeatBeat.com. Hosted and produced by Giancarlo Navas and Brian Goins, our clunky mixture of data-driven analysis, on-air buffoonery, and perspective is cleverly crafted for listeners to laugh and learn as we try to make sense of the NBA and its franchise in Biscayne Bay. Official Miami Heat podcast of the Blue Wire Podcast Network.