A deep dive into “one of the most spectacular cases of police corruption in the city” from the detective and assistant DA who uncovered the truth (The New York Times).Friends of the Family is a look deep inside the most notorious case to rock the NYPD: The story of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, the two police detectives who moonlighted as mob hitmen. As told by Tommy Dades and Michael Vecchione—the cop and District Attorney investigator who solved New York’s coldest case—along with co-writer David Fisher, Friends of the Family is shocking true crime in the tradition of Nicolas Pileggi’sWiseguysandUnderbossby Peter Mass—a chilling, in-depth examination of what the New York Daily News calls “the worst betrayal of the badge in the NYPD’s history.”“A thorough step-by-step procedural. Author Fisher keeps the narrative moving with a good balance of police work, politics and mafia drama, channeling with authority (and the coaching of Dades and Vecchione) the voices of the street as well as the police force . . . true crime fans should be happy to get past the hype and into the nitty-gritty of this infamous case.” —Publishers Weekly

A thrilling memoir from the former chief of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Rackets Division, who took on organized crime, crooked cops, and con men, rarely losing a caseFrom 2001 to 2013, Mike Vecchione was chief of the Rackets Division in the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, which was the largest urban prosecution agency in the country. Vecchione grappled with organized crime and dirty politicians, during which he supervised, investigated, and prosecuted major felony cases.Crooked Brooklynis a gritty story of corruption, greed and law enforcement. Vecchione navigated a political minefield and expertly rose to the judicial challenges of directing investigations into a wide variety of crimes, from bribe-taking judges to cold-blooded killers. He was responsible for taking down:- Three state Supreme Court judges- One of the most powerful political bosses in the country- Two cops who worked as assassins for the Mafia- A State Assemblywoman- An FBI agent- A corrupt oral surgeon who was secretly selling bones from the recently deceased to medical supply companiesUnbelievable and unforgettable,Crooked Brooklynis filled with characters and stories ripped straight from the tabloids, great for fans who enjoyLaw & Order, readers of true crime and those hungry for details about the system that keeps us safe.

When the DA decided not to prosecute a drunken cop for running down a young family the neighborhood reacts with violence and demands for justice. Then when the young wife of a police officer found murdered in their home tensions in community threaten to explode again. The DA decision to assign his top homicide prosecutor Mike Gioca to the case of the murdered woman pleases no one; the cops do not trust him because he once prosecuted on of their own, the community does not trust him because he is the DA’s favorite son.
The city fathers are raging for quick arrest and the community is warning Gioca better not just round up the usual suspects. Added to the brew is the fact that the only witness to the murder is a two-year-old girl.
When Mike orders the arrest of a local sex abuser the community rails that he grabbed the most convenient suspect but things quiet down. Then when Mike almost sabotages his own case by demanding every minute piece of evidence is examined the police turn against him for blowing an open and shut case.
Eventually Mike’s hopes, and the hopes of his team; veteran detective Tim Clark and rookie assistant district attorney Dina Mitchell, rest on a baby’s pacifier found in the pocket in the suspect. It must tie the killer to the murder or he will walk free