Crooked Brooklyn: Taking Down Corrupt Judges, Dirty Politicians, Killers, and Body Snatchers

Name: Crooked Brooklyn: Taking Down Corrupt Judges, Dirty Politicians, Killers, and Body Snatchers
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Rating: 4.4 (61 reviews)
Author: Michael Vecchione

by Michael Vecchione

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Perfect for you if...

You love true crime that reads like a procedural drama because these are real cases with actual courtroom strategy and investigation details.
You're fascinated by how corruption operates at the highest levels: judges, politicians, federal agents, all exposed from the inside.
You want the messy human stories behind the headlines. This isn't sanitised. It's a career spent navigating Brooklyn's criminal underworld and political corruption.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer fictional crime narratives with tight plotting. Memoirs sprawl and circle back; this one does too.
You're squeamish about violence or crime details. The cases here involve murder, organised crime, and yes, a black market in human remains.
You're looking for a feel-good redemption arc. This is a hard man doing a hard job in a broken system. It's blunt, not inspirational.

About this book

Michael Vecchione served as chief of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Rackets Division from 2001 to 2013, leading the largest urban prosecution agency in the country. During his tenure, he supervised, investigated, and prosecuted major felony cases involving organized crime, dirty politicians, and corrupt officials. Crooked Brooklyn recounts Vecchione's experiences navigating investigations into corruption and greed across multiple crime categories. His cases resulted in convictions of three state Supreme Court judges, one of the country's most powerful political bosses, two police officers working as assassins for the Mafia, a State Assemblywoman, an FBI agent, and a corrupt oral surgeon who sold bones from deceased individuals to medical supply companies. The memoir presents accounts of corruption and law enforcement drawn from actual cases handled by Vecchione's division.

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