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A True Story
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Narrated by:
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Linda Jones
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Gary Tiedemann
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By:
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Lynn Walker
About this listen
NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS, FINALIST
INDEPENDENT AUTHOR NETWORK BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, FINALIST
John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison for smuggling 12,000 pounds of marijuana. In prison, he connected with a South American drug lord who was still running the family operation from inside the federal pen. Within months of being paroled, John began smuggling again—this time uncut Colombian cocaine. And this time, he put everything on the line: his freedom, his family and, ultimately, his life.
Breaking Midnight: A True Story shines a light on the gritty underbelly of Miami drug trafficking and the dangers of leading a double life—as an undercover narc or a smuggler. Written by Lynn Walker based on numerous interviews with her father, John, this is an uncensored, up-close-and-personal account of how a good cop goes bad.
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