Jimmy the King
Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop
PublicAffairs · Print & ebook · May 21, 2024
An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country’s largest police departments In 1979, the gruesome slaying of a thirteen-year-old boy riveted the suburbs of Suffolk County, New York.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, unsentimental crime read with a historical backbone and a nasty little title.
- Genres
- Lives in Law Enforcement, True Crime, Criminals & Outlaws
- Published
- PublicAffairs, May 21, 2024
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An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country’s largest police departments 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.
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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.
Dirty Crime Story
A brisk, unsentimental crime read with a historical backbone and a nasty little title.
Come here for
- dirty-cop crime history
- accessible, straight-ahead narration
Expect
- serial-killer and mass-murder framing
- Middle Atlantic history in the mix
Where it sits
| Lives in Law Enforcement | 55% |
|---|---|
| True Crime | 44% |
| Criminals & Outlaws | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Middle Atlantic History
- Corruption & Misconduct
- Organized Crime
- Authors
- Marc Vietor, Gus Garcia-Roberts, PublicAffairs
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Middle Atlantic History