TY - BOOK AU - Foster,Nick TI - The Jolly Roger Social Club: a true story of a killer in paradise SN - 9780715651353 U1 - 364.1523092 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Duckworth Overlook KW - Holbert, William Dathan. KW - Murder KW - Panama KW - Case studies KW - Murderers KW - True crime stories KW - lcgft N1 - Verso erroneously lists this as the paperback edition; Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266); 1. The Tipping Point -- 2. Bocas del Toro -- 3. Welcome to Panama -- 4. The Story of Bo Icelar -- 5. "We Are Just Molecules" -- 6. Where Is Cher? -- 7. Darklands -- 8. When Scott Met Bill -- 9. Life Behind Bars -- 10. The Lights That Don't Go Out -- Epilogue: 'I am your worst nightmare' N2 - In the remote Bocas del Toro, Panama, William Dathan Holbert, aka "Wild Bill", is awaiting trial for the murder of five fellow American ex-patriots. Holbert's first victims were the Brown family, who lived on a remote island in the area's Darklands. There, Holbert turned their home into the "Jolly Roger Social Club", using drink- and drug-fueled parties to get to know other ex-pats. The club's tagline was: "Over 90% of our members survive". Those odds were not in his victims' favor. But this is not just a book about what Holbert did and the complex financial and real estate motives behind the killings; it is about why Bocas del Toro turned out to be his perfect hunting ground, and why the community tolerated, even accepted, him for a time ER -