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take down. From Publishers Weekly In 1992, New York City detective Cowan
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From Publishers Weekly
In 1992, New York City detective Cowan was investigating a truck bombing at a Brooklyn garbage transfer station when the "mobbed-up" thugs responsible for the crime showed up to further intimidate Sal Benedetto, the facility's owner. Thinking fast, Benedetto introduced Cowan as his "Cousin Danny," thereby averting disaster-and allowing Cowen entry into a landmark investigation in which he went undercover as Danny Benedetto to expose the Mafia's billion-dollar monopoly of the city waste removal business. By the time the grand jury indictments were handed down, Cowan had spent years on the case, helped put away dozens of mobsters and incurred lasting emotional trauma from the strain of leading a double life. Recalling it here in vivid, riveting detail, Cowan (aided by journalist Century) reconstructs a time when he was deeper undercover in the garbage "cartel" than any city cop had ever been, with the close calls to prove it. Whether he's boosting a wiseguy's car to plant a bug, navigating confrontations with goons wielding two-by-fours and baseball bats or suffering through a Mafia Christmas party with a malfunctioning radio transmitter burning into his leg, Cowan's exploits play on the page like scenes from a well-mounted mob movie. The Hollywood producer with the rights to his story won't have to spend a penny juicing it up: this is a well-told, gripping tale of a heroic investigation.
Take 'em Down in NYC
Apr 03 '03
Author's Product Rating
FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Product Rating: 4.0"
Pros
Gives a look into the Mafia Underworld
Cons
Gives a look into the Mafia Underworld
The Bottom Line
Good book, good read, good story. I liked it, isn't that all that counts?
Full Review NIIIICCEE, I'm the first person to review this book. So you have nothing but me to base your judgment on...Don't know if I can handle the...
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