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Jimmy the King
Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop
Contributors
Read by Marc Vietor
Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- May 3, 2022
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- ISBN-13
- 9781549150319
Price
$31.99Format
Format:
- Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $31.99
- ebook $17.99 $22.99 CAD
- Hardcover $29.00 $37.00 CAD
- Trade Paperback $21.99 $28.99 CAD
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In 1979, the gruesome slaying of a thirteen-year-old boy riveted the suburbs of Suffolk County, New York. As the county hustled to bring the case to a dubious resolution, a wayward local teenager emerged with a convenient story to tell. For his cooperation, Jimmy Burke was rewarded with a job as a cop.
Thus began Burke’s unlikely ascent to the top of one of the country’s largest law enforcement jurisdictions. And while in power, Burke botched dire investigations like that of the famed Gilgo Beach serial killings and the county’s MS-13 gang scourge.
Until a pilfered bag of sex toys brought his empire crashing down.
Jimmy the King is the story of the rise, reign, and paranoiac fall of a corrupt cop and his regime. This book will leave you questioning who modern policing serves, who it protects, and who it preys upon and abandons.
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“If Martin Scorsese were to write a true-crime exposé about crooked cops, it would read like Jimmy the King.”Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos and Goodfellas
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“Epic in scope and captivating in detail, the spellbinding story of a massive scandal from its very roots. You will be shocked by the twists in this story and the brazenness of its villains. But you won’t be able to put it down.”Evan Ratliff, author of The Mastermind
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“Jimmy the King is the kind of true-crime book we don’t get enough of: thoroughly reported, and engagingly written, and set in a downwardly mobile suburban world that is too often misunderstood. Highly recommended!”Nate Blakeslee, New York Times–bestselling author of American Wolf and Tulia
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“Jimmy the King is an engrossing, play-by-play account of a law-enforcement scandal involving corruption so brazen it would be hard to believe if it weren’t so thoroughly reported.”Christopher Goffard, author of Dirty John and Other True Stories
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“Jimmy the King is an extraordinary piece of modern reporting that uses the dubious rise and violent fall of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke as a window into one of the most vice-ridden and corrupt departments in the country. . . . The best researched and most captivating piece of investigative journalism that I’ve read in quite some time.”Lauren Wilkinson, author of American Spy
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