Speed Kills (True Crime

by Arthur Jay Harris

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE CIGARETTE BOAT KINGIn the Miami of the 1980s, it was the ultimate symbol of power and the roaring muscle speed boat known as the Cigarette. And the undisputed king of the Cigarette Boat was Don Aronow, the man who built the million-dollar playtoys for presidents, princes and the privileged. Aronow was a man with an insatiable appetite for ravishing women and the exquisite feel of money washing through his fingers. He had it all. Then on February 3, 1987, an unknown assailant gunned Aronow down a Miami street, a few hundred yards from his own boatyard. The murder would confound investigators, shock an already crime-weary city, and reveal a dark world of criminality, corruption and violence that existed within the Sunshine State.From his unrestrained life to his savage death, SPEED KILLS delivers the players, the proposals and the deals gone wrong that surrounded the Cigarette Boat his fast friends, the faster women, and his brutal enemies. A compelling work of investigative reporting, this book probes one of the most baffling crimes of our time, and vividly illustrates that those who live by speed, die by it as well.

Genres: Crime

405 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Arthur Jay Harris is the author of the investigative true crime books Speed Kills, Flowers for Mrs. Luskin, Until Proven Innocent and the two-book series with a Single Edition, Jeffrey Dahmer's Dirty Secret: The Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh. He lives in Florida.

For the Adam Walsh case, he has appeared on television many times: ABC Primetime; Anderson Cooper 360; Nancy Grace; Ashleigh Banfield; The Lineup; Inside Edition; Catherine Crier; Cold Blood, and on local TV in Miami and Milwaukee. He has also written stories on the case that have appeared in periodical print in The Miami Herald, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, and Miami Daily Business Review.

In addition, Art has presented on television other crime stories he has investigated at length, including on the shows Snapped; City Confidential; Prison Diaries, Inside Edition, A Current Affair, and Hard Copy.

Reviews

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Little bit drawn out and at times boring,but slightly more informative if less gossipy than the preceding book on the matter Blue Thunder, the most recent book on The Aronow case with new information,but it is more a chronological history. I'd give it 5 stars for the subject and newer information but 1 star for the way it is written and the lack of any conclusion. In all fairness we still do not know who Killed Donald Aronow but most of are sure it was /is Ben Kramer.

[Deyth Banger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had some high expectations... and between the words... and the sentences... I started losing my hope... and vision!

[Jessica Trotto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can't believe everything you read...but, it's about 70% true.

[Tom Nolan]

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