Contract Killer The Explosive Story of the Mafia's Most Notorious Hit Man Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992. BOOK: Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Hoffa Murder Solved! AS TOLD TO: William Hoffman and Lake Headley. DESIGNED BY: Fritz Metsch. JACKET DESIGN: The Great American Art. Co. CONTENTS: Cast of Characters; Introduction: The Book's Genesis 1 Fat Tony Wants Him Dead 2 Uncle Gus 3 AWOL in New York 4 My First Murders 5 Chin Gigante Helps Out 6 The Death House 7 Sing Sing 8 The Louie Moia Murder 9 Dannemora 10 The Five Mafia Families 11 The Auburn Riot 12 The Pierre Hotel Robbery 13 The Joey Gallo Murder 14 Extortion in New Jersey 15 The Contract on Hoffa 16 The Jimmy Hoffa Murder 17 The Richie Bilello Murder 18 Murder on Furlough 19 Mad Dog Joe Sullivan 20 Contract on a U.S. Attorney 21 The Greek Turns Rat; Epilogue: A Letter from Mad Dog; Index. SYNOPSIS: "Tony the Greek" worked as a contract killer for the most dangerous figures of the underworld, committing nine murders alone while using fake furlough passes from prison, and performing other grisly deeds as part of his very successful "career" as one of the mob's most notorious freelance hit men. Contract Killer marks an incredible break of silence in the most intricate, bizarre, and mysterious of worlds that few get to know--until now. - and - He knows where Jimmy Hoffa was buried. He knows how to perform a "hit" seamlessly, having done so dozens of times for everyone from John Gotti on down. He has worked with big-time members of the underworld whose names read like something from a Mafia Who's Who--Fat Tony Salerno, Nicky Barnes, Chin Gigante, Crazy Joe Gallo, Jimmy Coonan, Mad Dog Sullivan. And he's telling it all in Contract Killer. Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos, ex-Navy boxer, pimp, heroin dealer, burglar, loan shark, and contract killer, the "last person anyone thought would rat," has turned state's evidence. One result is that John Gotti has offered $300,000 for Frankos's head; another is Contract Killer--a completely candid, extraordinarily vivid account of thirty years in organized crime. The result is the "down and dirty truth"--a chillingly fascinating story, an expose of some of the underworld's biggest secrets, and a shocking confession of his participation in the murder of Jimmy Hoffa. Co-authors William Hoffman and Lake Headley (whom Vincent Bugliosi called "the best p.i. in the world") logged over 40,000 miles in verifying what Frankos said was the "down and dirty truth" of his life at the center of the underworld. Here are the most intimate details of Jimmy Hoffa's death, dismemberment, and burial--down to the lock of his hair saved for good luck; a portrayal of John Gotti in prison, where Frankos took the young, future godfather under his wing and showed him the ropes and where Gotti used fake furlough passes to sell drugs; Frankos's involvement in the Pierre Hotel heist, one of the biggest robberies of the decade; and for the first time the nitty-gritty truth behind the contract killing of Joey Gallo. Told in Frankos's own voice, Contract Killer is more than an extraordinarily vivid and detailed account of events expertly told and documented by Hoffman and Headley. It will spark the reopening of many investigations and may prove to be the most explosive and disturbing portrait of the mob yet. William Hoffman is the bestselling author of thirty-seven books, including David: Portrait of a Rockefeller, Unholy Matrimonies, and other exposes, biographies, and histories. Lake Headley, whom Vincent Bugliosi called "the best p.i. in the world," was one of the best-known private detectives in the business. Before his untimely death, Headley was collaborating with Hoffman on his memoirs, Vegas P.I., to be published by Thunder's Mouth Press.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.