Satan's Circus : Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century

A meticulously detailed chronicle of corruption, intrigue, and crime documents the life and times of NYPD officer Charley Becker, his involvement in the graft and corruption that were the norm in midtown Manhattan's Satan's Circus region, and his arrest, trial, conviction, and execution for the killing of a casino owner who threatened to expose him. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.