Sex Money Murder

A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal

By: Jonathan Green

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Chronicling the rise and fall of Sex Money Murder, one of the most violent and notorious gangs of its era, and of the dedicated detectives and prosecutors struggling to stem the tide of violence, reporter Jonathan Green creates a visceral and devastating portrait of a New York City borough.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Bronx had one of the highest per capita murder rates in the country. The reason was simple: as the use of crack cocaine surged, replacing heroin as the high of choice, dealers and gangs staked claims to territory and consumers through intimidation and murder, and families found themselves fractured by crime and incarceration. Based on years of research and extraordinary access to former gang members, Green creates an epic character-driven narrative, drawing on first-person interviews, police reports, and court transcripts to offer a unique and engrossing work of gritty urban reportage. Magisterial in its scope, Sex Money Murder offers an extraordinary perspective on modern-day America.

©2018 Jonathan Green (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Sad but accurate interpretation

Obviously the dedication to present a through literary work is evident.
The account is a great look at the disheartening life of persons not afforded what others might have. The choices, if any, are very narrow and life is dictated by the lack of those missing choices.
Great work

Powerful Story, Great Performance

A very well-written and well-researched account that gets past the hysteria and hyperbole of headlines about the crack wars to paint vivid portraits of the real human beings involved. The performance is delivered with energy and feeling without becoming maudlin or melodramatic. Highly recommended.

Totally Compelling

I didn't realize at first that this was a documentary of sorts; not a fiction novel. As disturbing as some of the facts are, I was all in.

A window into a world

The way this book describes the lives of a notorious gang and also the lives of the detectives investigating them is amazing. You don’t just a police drama, you get a window into worlds you don’t know personally and actually understand the communities and people surrounding a world of violence and hardship. This humanizes everyone in the retelling of true events in an amazing way.

Best book I read and listened to in 2018!!

This book was fantastic! The author did an amazing job weaving the stories of the gang members, victims and cops together. The writing was superb.

The narrator was good, not fantastic, but did not detract from the story.

Anyone that wants to know who about inner city violence should read this book. I may even listen to it again.