Philip Carlo, one of America's foremost experts on serial killers, sexual predators and the Mafia, believes in going into the world and asking questions until the truth is found. Carlo is all about shining light in dark places. Over the years, he has written bestselling books based upon exhaustive, one-on-one interviews with notorious individuals such as Richard "The Ice Man" Kuklinski, Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso - the infamous head of the Lucchese crime family.

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Publisher’s Weekly         May 19, 2008

One of the most dangerous, intriguing Mafia chieftains ever, Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso served as an apprentice thief and killer before rising to boss of the infamous Lucchese crime family, according to Carlo, a childhood neighbor of the South Brooklyn native.  Carlo (The Ice Man) depicts a violent teen doted on by his gangster father and his mob godfather, Sally Callinbrano, groomed in the art of the kill and Cosa Nostra values.  As his enterprises in hot goods and drugs prospered, Casso became the chief enforcer and mob royalty, able to buy a stylish lifestyle as well as an assortment of crooked cops and FBI agents.  Tucked away in this book’s blood-drenched pages is a picture-perfect love story between Anthony and his wife, Lillian Delduca.  And for Mafia-obsessed readers, there are fascinating tidbits from the now jailed Casso about mob bosses John Gotti and Paul Castellano, Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, Hoover’s FBI, the Russian mob and several thug rubouts.  This powerful, fast paced story is required reading for anyone with a yen for the Mafia, the criminal underworld and a law enforcement system struggling to keep up.

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