Gangster squad
By: Paul Lieberman
Publisher: Pan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 549
ISBN-13: 9781447222309; 9781427227126
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department; Los Angeles (Calif.).; History
Description: A harrowing narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels. Lieberman chronicles the true story of the secretive police unit that waged an anything-goes war to drive Mickey Cohen and other hoodlums from Los Angeles after WWII.
Table of contents: title: Prelude: A violin case under the bed; title: The Whalens move west to the City of Angels; title: The gangster squad's Sergeant Jack O'Mara sets his trap for Mickey; title: Sergeant Jerry Wooters and the deadly night at Rondelli's; title: Justice; title: Afterword: Machine gun shoot-outs on the big screen.