(A 122-page True Crime Short with photographs) Two assassins brazenly murder a famous married couple on their LA driveway; then escape on bicycles. Despite numerous witnesses who saw them flee, the killers seemed to disappear into thin air. For the first time, dozens of exclusive interviews tell the inside story of how a dogged detective spent 12 years piecing together clues into Mickey Thompson’s untimely death, ultimately identifying the mastermind but always a step behind the assassins.

Det. Mark Lillienfield would play a cat and mouse game until he gathered enough evidence to make a case, uncovering proof along the way that he was likely dealing with a serial killer.

(Formerly titled Murder at the Finish Line)

“Great job, very accurate, good detail, terrific storytelling. Kudos!”

—Alan Jackson, DA depicted in Killers for Hire

“I met Tori Richards when she covered Richard Ramirez “The Night Stalker” as a reporter and I was a lead detective on the case. Through the years, we’d work together on other murders and she was one of the few journalists I would trust with inside information. Aggressive, tenacious and bright—I always thought she’d make one hell of a detective in another lifetime.”

—Lt. Gil Carrillo (ret.), Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Homicide Bureau

“Killers for Hire is awesome! Tori Richards is a master true crime storyteller. Hands down one of the best in the business.”

—Chuck Hustmyre, bestselling crime novelist and screenwriter, A Killer Like Me

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tori Richards is a Pulitzer Prize nominee who has been a crime writer for more than twenty years. Richards has covered hundreds of cases including Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, and the trials of O.J. Simpson and “The Night Stalker”. She has earned 11 national and regional awards including some from The Associated Press and California Newspapers Publishers Association. She has written for The New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, The New York Post, Los Angeles Daily News, and truTV’s Crime Library. She was formerly a producer at CBS News.

ABOUT THE SERIES

From the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures, comes Crimescape™ — a new collection of compelling short nonfiction crime eBooks from leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks. Taking readers into the dark minds of criminals and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they have personal experience in crime investigations, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. As riveting storytellers, Crimescape’s writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”

—Paul Alexander, #1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered

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