Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Friends of the Family: The Inside Story of the Mafia Cops Case by Tommy Dades, Michael Vecchione with David Fisher

Started: 4/5/10
Finished: 4/12/10
Year: 2009
Pages: 381
Genre: True Crime
Grade: B-
Reason for reading: review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "Two decorated NYPD detectives with access to the department's most sensitive information, Louie Eppolito and Steve Caracappa sold their badges to the Mafia-and became murderers for the mob. The most dangerous corrupt cops in American history, they left behind a pile of bodies when the retired in the early 1990s. For more than a decade it looked as if they were going to get away with it-until Detective Tommy Dades and Brooklyn Assistant DA Mike Vecchione turned a seemingly dead-end investigation into one of the New York City's greatest law-and-order stories."
Opinion: An interesting story and one that I remember from living there. Writing was very New York Cityish. For a more complete review, check out MyShelf in the upcoming months

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