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The Amazing Lola (Paperback)
Mike Russell; Illustrated by Penny Weber; Jill Russell
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Magic (Paperback)
Mike Russell
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Undercover Cop (Hardcover)
Mike Russell, Patrick Picciarelli
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One moment, New Jersey state trooper Mike Russell was working
undercover, playing the role of an up-and-coming mobster hoping to
infiltrate a Mafia family crew. The next, he was lying facedown in
an alley after being ambushed and shot in the back of the head by a
mobster over a dispute.
Russell miraculously healed, and rather than press charges, he
maintained his cover. Soon he had a stroke of good luck when he
saved a man from an attack by two street thugs. The man he saved
turned out to be Andy Gerardo, one of the ranking captains of the
Genovese crime family. Quickly earning the trust of his new friend,
Russell would orchestrate one of the biggest Mafia takedowns of all
time.
Urged by his police handlers, Russell used his cover story---an
ex-cop fired for excessive force who now made his living from an
oil-delivery business---and street skills to assimilate into the
Genovese crime family in New Jersey, ultimately leading to more
than fifty arrests of mobsters, corrupt prison officials, and even
a state senator. Straddling the thin line between collecting
evidence and participating in the very crimes he was leaking to the
cops, Russell consistently placed himself at risk--especially when
his police handlers disregarded his wishes and his well-being,
conducting premature raids on the gangsters. With his marriage
suffering and his family in danger, Russell took extraordinary
steps to ensure his financial security and safety, demanding better
terms from the police and allowing a film crew to document the
final moments of the epic bust for a documentary that was later
sold to HBO.
A real-life version of "The Sopranos," "Undercover Cop" immerses
readers in the colorful yet harrowing trials of a standout cop who
faced the mob on his own terms, crippled organized crime in New
Jersey, and forever redefined undercover law enforcement.
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