The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs & Murder

Very well researched and written true life story of how, if your rich enough and socially connected, you literally can get away with murder, international gun and drug smuggling and still rise to power in government circles.Is life in the 2020s much different than the 1970/80s?

Denton did her research for "The Bluegrass Conspiracy," and her expertly written work is captivating. I always looked forward to reading it these past five weeks, because one really gets to know the characters due to Denton's meticulous attention to detail. What is this story about? It's about how corrupt institutions and "leaders" are if you care to look. Especially in 1970s and 1980s Kentucky. Drug smuggling, arms smuggling, flying a Cessna 404 into a Colombian jungle at night, crooked cops, bought-off-Dixie-mafia-like grifter politicians, murder, murder-for-hire, sex, greed, gambling, 1980s sartorial sensibilities (blue blazers and penny-loafers of course!), jumping out of the Cessna and landing in someone's driveway with 15 million bucks worth of cocaine on your broken person, elitist yet so garish Lexington, KY, and then the DEA, CIA, FBI, State Police, who is working for whom? Some good, some bad, what's going on?I was entertained the whole time, and think Denton deserves an enormous amount of credit for bringing us the full account. I doubt if anyone else would have. She cared to investigate, she took the time to study all of this corruption and criminality, even when her own life was at risk. This one will make you very skeptical of all institutions, and realize that nothing is how it appears to be. Funny how the "conspiracy theorists" are the ones always trying to bring us documented actions carried out by rapacious men. If I were they, I would make sure all of us were drugged up on sports and social media too.I read this on planes, in a hotel room, and at my residence. It was a wonderful reading experience and I highly recommend it. Each time I see the Kentucky Derby on TV now I will enjoy a nice chuckle, thanks to Denton!

I’ve already read the book before and was very happy with it. I find it extremely interesting that all of this happened in the area that I’m from and have always lived in. I highly recommend reading this book, especially if you’re from Lexington or the surrounding areas. I bought this copy as a gift for someone else because I’ve been trying to get them to read it. The book arrived in good condition and it looks like it was made with good quality. My problem with it is all of the typos in the first five or so paragraphs (on pages five and six). I haven’t looked any further than those first pages to see if the errors continue on. It’s obviously not a deal breaker for me and I’m not going to send it back because of this but I wanted to make sure that someone (like the seller, at least) knows about so it can be corrected for future orders.

THE BLUEGRASS CONSPIRACY: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder by Sally Denton (1990 STATED FIRST EDITION Hardcover in dust jacket 334 Pages including Index. Doubleday Publishers) I found this book to be quite entertaining and a very interesting read. My only issues would be how the author skipped around from characters and, for me, some of them were not clearly introduced. Most of this book is from the view of a former State Police investigator and because he was found quilty of eavesdropping while tapping a phone line, one wonders if he has an ax to grind. The ending also left the reader up in the air as the author posed several questions that clearly needed to be answered. As a personal note, I would have liked to have understood how The Company was started and a little more history from being local cops to becoming world renowned Drug Kingpins. The leap the author took lead me to believe it was over a period of years, but I am not clear how it happened.However, please don't be dismayed as I did read the entire book and I was fascinated by the number of celebrities who came in contact with the people involved in the massive smuggling operations. A little research after reading the book seem to illustrate that many of the main characters, although somewhat tarnished went on to live a fairly normal and in some cases, contributory life. So I was left wondering if the so called Blue Bloods and Lexington police have that much power or perhaps they were "all" not as guilty as the author might have portrayed.Either way, this book is fascinating even though I was left wondering what the real story may have been back in the 80's. Worth the read.

This book was mentioned to me and since I love to read, I decided to order it and read it because I like to know who I’m dealing with and what I’m dealing with, so I’ll know who to pray for and what to pray for and against! For as long as I can remember, people have always had TRUST ISSUES within and with our Government, State And City Officials, and that’s because everything is and has always been about them, whats I it for them and their own agenda!

I gave it 4 stars because it was a little hard to follow. But other than that, it's a phenomenal book! You will never look at certain agencies or individuals with the same level of respect again after reading this book. Ralph Ross reminded me of another great lawman - Buford Pusser. He took on an entire network alone. But unlike Buford, he was brought down by the network. But he fought hard! A must read book ; especially if you live in Kentucky as I do. You will see how corrupt this state was / possibly still is.

I was expecting more from this book. There is a lot of information but it does not really grab your attention. At times it is hard to remember all different characters. It probably would have been better with a narrower focus as it ends with a lot of unknowns.

I knew the story line already - but found the book a bit disjointed. It is a complicated storyline but I don't know if I could have followed the writing of this without knowing the background. Some stories are stranger than fiction and this is one

Great Novel