Table of Contents
Cast of Characters vii
1 Family Secrets 1
2 The Patch, and Grand and Ogden 5
3 Who Wouldn't Love a Guy Like That? 17
4 Like Father, Like Son? 24
5 Fast with His Hands 29
6 The Art of Blending In 37
7 Outfit Reign of Terror 46
8 Frankie & Johnny's 56
9 A White Flash and a Burst of Heat 64
10 Keep Thinks in the Family 70
11 Philly Beans 75
12 The Boys Out West 80
13 Killing of the Zhivagos 87
14 Oh No, Not You! 97
15 How Bad Could It Be? 103
16 Scared Cow 109
17 Set Up for a Fall 114
18 Florida 122
19 I Took the Money 126
20 The Thousand-Yard Stare 132
21 Busted 141
22 College with Guns 152
23 The MCC 159
24 A Chance to Step Up 164
25 Two Choices, Neither One Good 169
26 The Moment I Sent It… 176
27 Scarpe Grande 182
28 The Wire 187
29 My Father's Executioner 199
30 Three Secret Lives 208
31 The Changing Streets 216
32 A Royal Pain in the…Back 224
33 Pandora's Box 231
34 Life on the Squad 237
35 The Terrible Towel 243
36 What Happened to My Father? 252
37 The Trial Stage 260
38 Broken Code 267
39 The Road to Justice 284
40 I Keep Thinking This Is a Dream 290
41 The Umbrella Effect 304
Epilogue: Behind the Picture Frame 313
Acknowledgments 321