NICHOLAS VAN HOOGSTRATEN Millionaire Killer.

Hardback, 1st edn. He has a £100 million fortune, he owns 1 million acres of land, but cross him and you're a dead man. Nicholas van Hoogstraten is a super-rich husinessman, whose ruthless exploits have kept his name in the headlines for 30 years. Most recently, and most shockingly, he has been found guilty of the manslaughter of business associate Mohammed Sabir Raja, who was stabbed 5 times and shot at point-blank range by hitmen sent by Hoogstraten. This was the culmination of a career of wreaking vengeance on anyone who dared get in his way. In building a vast fortune he secretly linked up with one of the most frightening gangsters in Britain. He employed thugs to bomb the home of a man who owed him money. He sent a gang to terrorise an old people's home. He threatened friends and rivals - even judges - with death. The authors are in the unique position of having had many meetings over the last 15yrs. with the man himself. In this book they reveal the real Van Hoogstraten, his life, his women, his riches and what exactly has made one man so feared. Illus. 276pp. With the usual lightly browned pp. o/w F. in As New dw.