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On a brisk February morning in 1934, a stolen state police weapon is in the guile hands of an unstable criminal. From his perch inside the bank, he sees a policeman sprinting towards the front door. With the officer in his sights, the gunman steadies himself at the window and places his hand purposefully on the trigger.
For the first time in Massachusetts history, a machine gun is used in a crime.
This is the story of heroism and sacrifice entangled with bureaucracy and antiquated investigative tactics during a bloody spoor of sensational robbery and brazen murder. On the outside two of Boston's top crime reporters form an unlikely alliance which places them directly in the machine gunner's nest.
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