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In this gripping true-crime account of violence, illicit sex, and cold-blooded murder for hire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Buried Secrets tells the riveting story of the mild-mannered traffic cop who led a sinister double life as a professional killer. Nicknamed "Mild Bill" by his fellow LAPD cops, William Leasure whiled away his career writing traffic tickets and working auto accidents. He was a low-key, unassuming man who had never even used his service revolver in the line of duty. Married to a Los Angeles prosecutor, he was nobody's idea of a criminal mastermind. But behind his bland mask, Bill Leasure was literally getting away with murder - as many as three murders, in fact, each carefully and professionally planned. He was also a modern-day pirate, accused of stealing a string of luxury yachts worth $2 million. Stolen cars sat in his garage, insurance frauds filled his diary. Yet for a decade, he remained above suspicion. Leasure has been called the most corrupt policeman in the scandal-plagued history of LAPD; and yet so effective was his disguise that even when he was caught aboard a stolen boat, hard-bitten cops had trouble believing he was dirty. To this day Bi
- Author
- Humes, Edward
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780525934981
- Subjects
- Social Science, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (168 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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