I would like to share a Crime Fiction book Jimmy The King written by Gus Garcia- Roberts I received a copy of in exchange for this review.
I thought I would share a fact with you about me that you might not know. I am obsessed with the Mob and Bugsy Siegal and also the movie the Executioner where a person is placed on Death Row and we see them execute the man.
When the press release for Jimmy The King arrived and I read through the information I knew this would be a must-read story for me. I am so glad I did as its full of crime and suspense. You never know what is going to happen and will not want to put this book down until you’ve finished this story.
If you like Law and Order shows or Crime Podcast then you need to take the time to read Jimmy The King and make sure you share this book with any Crime lovers you know. Can you believe David even wants to read Jimmy The King on his own which is a Godsend.
About:
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.
For the true crime enthusiast, there is Gus Garcia-Roberts’ Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop— which, with its novelistic style and piercing political insight, spins a Long Island tale that spans four decades of murder, power, and corruption in one of the Country’s largest police departments. Also for that reader who just can’t stay away from those true crime podcasts is Brandon Presser’s The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific, which the New York Times Book Review labeled “a mash-up of an 18th-Century adventure novel and the darkest episode of ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ imaginable” and made Tom Hanks declare “You can’t make this stuff up!”
About the Author
Gus Garcia-Roberts is a sports-focused investigative reporter for The Washington Post. He previously worked on investigative teams for Newsday, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He was a member of the Newsday team that was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its series on hidden police misconduct on the eastern end of Long Island. He is the co-author of Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era. He lives in Los Angeles. –This text refers to the hardcover edition.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
