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""The Brotherhoods" is a great story brilliantly told. And no better storyteller than William Oldham, the misfit detective who not only exposes the arrangement between a Mafia boss and the pair of New York City detectives who killed for him, but the bitter, egotistical battle for credit that breaks out between the handful of lawmen who expose it." - Nicholas Pileggi, author of "Wiseguy"
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The Brotherhoods is the chilling chronicle of the alleged crimes and betrayals of NYPD Detectives Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, notorious rogue cops who stand charged with the ultimate form of police corruption - shielding their crimes behind their badges while they worked for the mob. These crimes included murder, kidnapping, torture, and the betrayal of an entire generation of New York City detectives and federal agents. This gripping real-life detective story reveals two brotherhoods, both with hierarchies, rituals, and codes of conduct. Chased for seven years by William Oldham, the brilliant and determined detective who didn't let the case die, Detectives Caracappa and Eppolito are at the centre of an investigation that moves from the mobbed-up streets of Brooklyn to Hollywood sets and the Las Vegas strip. Co-written with prize-winning investigative journalist Guy Lawson, the story spans three decades and showcases a cast of characters that runs the gamut from capo psychopaths to grieving mothers to a group of retired detectives and investigators working to see that justice is done.This quintessential American mob tale, both bizarre and compelling, ranks with such modern crime classics as Serpico, Donnie Brasco, and Wiseguy.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The brotherhoods as everthing! from classic wiseguy characters to the maverick NYPD detective. Tales of brutal murder and ultimate acts of betrayal. The sumptuous true story, of two cops who were hit men for the mafia and also the amazing tenacity of detective William Oldham. Trust me this is a must read for anybody with interest in organised crime and the pursuit of those after justice.
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Very well-written, tautly structured and painstakingly detailed account of extraordinary and appalling shenanigans of two rogue cops and of the underworld and police department they worked within. Detective William Oldham is not only a hugely admirable figure for pursuing these cop-criminals, but the comments from him on the case add a lot of colour and humour to the narrative. A must-read for fans of intelligent true-crime.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Having read many true crime books this is up there as one of the best.
A detectives fight to bring two bent and murderous cops to justice who were thought to be heros within the police department but the real truth was far from it.
It is slow in places but stick with it as the tale that unfolds is straight out of the movies.
A detectives fight to bring two bent and murderous cops to justice who were thought to be heros within the police department but the real truth was far from it.
It is slow in places but stick with it as the tale that unfolds is straight out of the movies.
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