Mist in the Mountains Quotes

“In the Eighties, the FBI and TBI (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) ran a crackdown on East Tennessee and Kentucky. The crackdown was meant to ensnare public officials – namely sheriffs and judges – for allowing illegal gambling machines to be placed in their districts. They would codename this investigation “Mach-Tenn”. Instead of gambling machines, the Feds would stumble onto the largest smuggling operation in the history of the United States, one that would involve more elected officials than any other single criminal enterprise in the Twentieth Century.”
― J.H. Gason, Mist in the Mountains: How South American Cocaine caused the fall of a Corrupt East Tennessee Sheriff. Based on actual events.

“Oh, you need to get paid. I understand.” By this time I had walked around and jumped back into my truck. Luther had followed me outside and was looking at me through the window. He stuck his arm in and placed something in the front pocket of my T-shirt with a smile. He saw the box of cigars on the dashboard and grabbed them. ”Let me get one of these.” He said it like a little kid tearing into a crackerjack box, smiling from ear to ear as he took both the remaining cigars I had and handed me back an empty box. I tossed it onto the passenger seat. I had tried one the night they were given to me, but I wasn’t much of a tobacco smoker, so half of that one sat in my ashtray. Turned out they were Cubans, illegal to buy or even possess here in the States. Hand rolled on the thigh of a Latin Queen in the heat of the Caribbean sun, a man could still taste her sweat. Not meant to smoke as much as to savor, it's said a man is suppose to fellatio a fine cigar like horny prom queen on a silk bed. For me trying to smoke one was like trying to go-down on a hooker in the bathroom of speak-easy. So the sheriff was welcome to mine.”
― J.H. Gason, Mist in the Mountains: How South American Cocaine caused the fall of a Corrupt East Tennessee Sheriff. Based on actual events.