Undercover cop
Subtitle: how i brought down the real-life Sopranos
By: Mike Russell with Patrick W. Picciarelli
Contributors: Picciarelli, Patrick
Series: Thorndike Press large print crime scene; Thorndike Press large print crime scene
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9781410463692
Subjects: Case studies; Police; Large type books; Undercover operations; Mafia; Biography
Description: One moment, New Jersey state trooper Mike Russell was working undercover hoping to infiltrate a Mafia family. The next, he was lying facedown in an alley, shot in the back of the head. Miraculously surviving, Russell maintained his cover and soon had a stroke of luck when he saved a captain of the Genovese crime family from two street thugs. With the trust of his new friend, Russell orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns of all time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fitting in --; title: No hard feelings --; title: Mikey Ga-Ga: back in the life --; title: Balancing act --; title: Striking oil --; title: We're talking real money here --; title: Gathering dirt --; title: Here's looking at you, Mikey --; title: On the wire --; title: One man's garbage --; title: Fed up --; title: Back with a vengeance --; title: Gangsters "R" us --; title: Getting bombed --; title: No second takes --; title: Takedown --; title: Epilogue.