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Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop


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An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country's largest police departments In 1979, the gruesome slaying of a thirteen-year-old boy riveted the suburbs of Suffolk County, New York. As the county hustled to bring the case to a dubious resolution, a wayward local teenager emerged with a convenient story to tell. For his cooperation, Jimmy Burke was rewarded with a job as a cop.Thus began Burke's unlikely ascent to the top of one of the country's largest law enforcement jurisdictions. He and a crew of likeminded allies utilized vengeance, gangster tactics, and political leverage to become the most powerful and feared figures in their suburban empire.Until a pilfered bag of sex toys brought it all crashing down.Jimmy the King is the story of the rise, reign, and paranoiac fall of a corrupt cop and his regime--a crime family with badges and guaranteed pensions. Novelistic in detail and piercing in its political insight, this book will leave you questioning who modern policing serves, who it protects, and who it preys upon and abandons.

About the Author :
Gus Garcia-Roberts is an award-winning investigative reporter for USA Today and the co-author of Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era. He has previously been a reporter at the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Miami New Times. He lives in Los Angeles. Marc Vietor, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, is an actor working with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Sundance Theatre Lab, Ravinia Festival, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Globe, and many others. His film and television credits include Asylum Seekers, Law & Order, and "Onion News Network." He has narrated many books for Audible.com, including the award-winning 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. He is a charter member of Red Bull Theater and a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School.

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Epic in scope and captivating in detail, the spellbinding story of a massive scandal from its very roots. You will be shocked by the twists in this story and the brazenness of its villains. But you won't be able to put it down.-- "Evan Ratliff, author of The Mastermind" Jimmy the King is an engrossing, play-by-play account of a law-enforcement scandal involving corruption so brazen it would be hard to believe if it weren't so thoroughly reported.-- "Christopher Goffard, author of Dirty John and Other True Stories" Jimmy the King is an extraordinary piece of modern reporting that uses the dubious rise and violent fall of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke as a window into one of the most vice-ridden and corrupt departments in the country. . . . The best researched and most captivating piece of investigative journalism that I've read in quite some time.-- "Lauren Wilkinson, author of American Spy" Jimmy the King is the kind of true-crime book we don't get enough of: thoroughly reported, and engagingly written, and set in a downwardly mobile suburban world that is too often misunderstood. Highly recommended!-- "Nate Blakeslee, New York Times-bestselling author of American Wolf and Tulia" If Martin Scorsese were to write a true-crime exposé about crooked cops, it would read like Jimmy the King.-- "Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos and Goodfellas"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781668615225
  • Publisher: Public Affairs
  • Publisher Imprint: Public Affairs
  • Height: 142 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1668615223
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2022
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 48 mm
  • Weight: 318 gr


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