Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal (Media tie-in) (Paperback) by Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill

from KristySP

Whitey Bulger is a bad man. The writing style was rather cheesy and melodramatic at times, but the story was very interesting.

from spacecommuter

I should like this! It's a book with true crime, mind-blowing intrigue, violence, unimaginable corruption of values that ought to be inviolable, and platters and platters of Italian food. What's not to like? Quite a bit, unfortunately. The series of articles that ran in the Boston Globe - the mea...

from goose114

Black Mass is the true story of James "Whitey" Bulger and Stevie Flemmi's work as informants with the Boston FBI. Whitey Bulger and Stevie Flemmi became FBI informants giving information on the Italian mafia and other organized criminals. Special Agent John Connolly was the handler for both Bulge...

from karenmerguerian

I thought this was fascinating and it was terrifying, too. It was hard for everyone in law enforcement to imagine how Whitey Bulger and Steve Flemmi were able to operate with such impunity in Boston during the 1980s--but it was because the FBI protected them. FBI agent John Connolly was star-stru...

from bcquinnsmom

The scene is Boston, starting in the 1970s. The FBI has made it a top priority to clamp down on organized crime (in this case, the Mafia, populated by the Italians of North Boston). John Connolly, a very young FBI agent, is called to the Boston office to work in the Organized Crime unit. The idea...