We're Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster

By Charles Brandt and Lin DeVecchio

Book Overview

The riveting front-page news story of an FBI agent falsely accused of ordering four mob hits. FBI agent Lin DeVecchio was a key player in the New York Mafia wars from the late seventies through the early nineties. Yet despite his stunning success fighting organized crime, DeVecchio was accused of taking bribes, selling information to the man who was his informant, and even personally ordering four mob hits. Who went after Lin DeVecchio and why? How did a highly respected FBI agent become suspected of corruption and charged with four counts of murder? DeVecchio and bestselling author Charles Brandt go behind the front-page headlines and tell the fascinating story of a law enforcement officer who beat the mob bosses, only to end up fighting for his own freedom.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425229866
• ISBN13: 9780425229866
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher