Hastened To the Grave, Jack Olsen
Hastened To the Grave, Jack Olsen
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Hastened To the Grave
The Gypsy Murder Investigation

Author: Jack Olsen

Narrator: Susie Breck

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/24/2009

Synopsis

They were a notorious gypsy family that seeped into their victims' lives like a deadly cancer. And they couldn't be stopped—until one courageous woman took on the cases no one else would touch...THE VICTIMS:
Elderly, well-to-do men and women who, due to their failing health, strength, and faculties, could be conned out of their fortunes by heinous neglect, abuse, and possibly even murder.THE ACCUSED:
Several members of a ruthless family of Gypsies known for their cunning con-games and remarkable ability to extract large sums of money from their unwitting pawns.THE INVESTIGATOR:
Fay Faron, a beautiful, never-say-die P.I., determined to bring these culprits to justice—even when the authorities turned a blind eye to the Gypsies' crimes time and time again.In this shattering expose, bestselling author Jack Olsen follows Fay Faron as she retraces every step of the Gypsy family and the crimes they stand accused of: moving in on their helpless prey, extorting money, signing the fortunes of elderly millionaires into their own names—and speeding up the death process with sadistic neglect, slow poison, and unspeakable cruelty. Not since Peter Maas' King of the Gypsies has the world of Gypsy crime been exposed in such shocking detail and with more fascinating insight.

About Jack Olsen

Jack Olsen is the bestselling author of twenty-seven books published in fourteen countries and ten languages, including New York Times bestsellers Son and Doc. A longtime journalist and former Time bureau chief, Olsen has written for People, Paris Match, Readers Digest, Life, Sports Illustrated, New York Times Book Review and others. Olsen has appeared on national talk shows as a respected expert on the psychology of criminals. He lives in Washington State.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on January 19, 2013

An account of an ever mutating gang of killers and thieves. I lived in San Francisco during the height of local investigations of these strange marriages; young women (some of whom already had husbands) with rich old men who mysteriously died. The book gets to the details of the criminals' lives and......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on April 27, 2019

There is nothing like reading a true crime story set in your own neighborhood--in this case about the murder of affluent elderly men and women by a ruthless, sophisticated family of gypsies. (The poisoned food came from the former French Village deli in San Francisco's West Portal area.) Fay Faron,......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on August 20, 2023

This was a good story, as are all of Jack Olsen’s stories, however, this book was very frustrating to read because of the ineptness of the San Francisco PD, especially the Fraud Unit. With ALL of the evidence, detailed information, and witnesses that were hand delivered to them on a silver platter b......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 07, 2019

Interesting story of a private investigator, Fay Faron's attempts to get police to investigate gypsies murdering elderly men as well as their involvement in financial schemes.......more

Goodreads review by Catten on December 04, 2008

Jack Olsen has written 30+ books, including The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, "I"-The Creation of a Serial Killer, and Son: A Psychopath and his Victims. In this book, Hastened to the Grave: The Gypsy Murder Investigation, Olsen tells the story of Fay Faron, AKA Rat Dog Dick (yes, really), a private eye......more

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