Alphabet bomber - Jeffrey D Simon

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On August 6, 1974, a bomb exploded at Los Angeles International Airport, killing three people and injuring thirty-five others.

It was the first time an airport had been bombed anywhere in the world.

A few days later, police recovered a cassette tape containing a chilling message: This first bomb was marked with the letter A, which stands for Airport, said a voice.

The second bomb will be associated with the letter L, the third with the letter I, etc.

, until our name has been written on the face of this nation in blood.

In The Alphabet Bomber: A Lone Wolf Terrorist Ahead of His Time, internationally renowned terrorism expert Jeffrey D.

Simon tells the gripping tale of Muharem Kurbegovic, a bright but emotionally disturbed Yugoslav immigrant who single-handedly brought Los Angeles to a standstill during the summer of 1974.

He had conjured up the fictitious group Aliens of America, but it was soon discovered that he acted alone in a one-man war against government and society.

The story of the Alphabet Bomber is about an extraordinary manhunt to find an elusive killer, a dogged prosecutor determined to bring him to justice, a pioneering female judge, and a devious mastermind whose heinous crimes foreshadowed the ominous threats we face today from lone wolf terrorists.