Wild Cowboys: Urban Marauders & the Forces of Order

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Summary: Takes a lot of effort...
Review: ...to make a story about a quadruple homicide tedious! The author clearly logged a lot of hours researching this book, hanging out with cops. Nonetheless, the end result is a book book that would work well as a drinking game: Take a sip everytime the author introduces another name, another bit of non-essential info. Down your mug o' beer/glass of milk everytime the author reveals his pro-cop abuse of power bias.

How disappointing.

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Summary: WILD COWBOYS , URBAN MARAUDERS AND THE FORCES OF ORDER
Review: In WILD COWBOYS mr. Jackall has captured a very accurate portrait of the world I work in every day. As a law enforcement officer working in New York City I can confirm that based on my own experiance, the confusing list of actors and aliases that some editorial reviewers have complained of are, in fact,common in complex criminal conspiracies and I feel that Mr Jackall has done a fair job of trying to present a clear picture of the Red Top crew. His portrayal of a world where lethal violence is commonplace and telling someone your real name is the highest form of trust is unequalled.A reader who wants a picture of the difficulties involved in the investigation of an actual complex criminal conspiracy rather than the neat melodramas wrapped up in an hour of television would do well to to read Wild Cowboys.

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Summary: THE WILD WILD... EAST
Review: This book tells the story in full detail and in murder after excruciating murder of how one gang in particular brought the primal fear, the lawlessness, and the insecurity of the wild west to the northern tip of Manhattan just over a decade ago.