The Klondike Bake-Oven Deaths

Just prior to World War II, an appalling event will occur in a Philadelphia prison that will augur the murderous mayhem that is about to befall the civilized world. Thrown into a criminal maelstrom - the discovery of eight bizarrely discolored inmate corpses - is an unschooled county coroner who owes his job to an unscrupulous mayor and a political machine that ensured his election. For Heshel Glass the choice is clear: confirm a fictitious police account of the inmate deaths or follow the dictates of his conscience and initiate an unprecedented "blue-ribbon inquest" to explore the probability that recalcitrant prisoners were cooked alive by sadistic prison guards and heartless administrators.

Author: Allen M Hornblum

Publisher: Milford House Press

Publication Date: February 24, 2021

Number of Pages: 304 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1620064286

ISBN-13: 9781620064283