The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
by Anthony Bruno
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The inspiration for the major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans. He was smart, merciless, and deadly. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down.A mob contract killer known as "The Iceman" for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Richard Kuklinski boasted a personal body count of more than a hundred victims. Using guns, knives, poison, ice picks, tire irons, baseball bats, and bombs, the family man from New Jersey killed show more for fun, for money, to cover up his own crimes, and to satisfy his inner rage. Law enforcement officials knew all about Kuklinski and had a list of his victims, but couldn't get near him-until undercover agent Dominick Polifrone posed as a mobster and began a deadly game of cat and mouse.In this harrowing true-crime account, Anthony Bruno delves into the mind of a cold-blooded killer, chronicling the Iceman's grisly crimes and probing the bizarre dynamics of Agent Polifrone's dangerous liaison with him. For as Polifrone carefully built up a case against Kuklinksi, he knew he was running out of time-because the Iceman was planning to kill him too. show lessTags
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It took me awhile to (ahem) warm up to the author’s blunt, spartan style but it ultimately became the best way to tell the story of a psychopathic criminal and the efforts to take him down.
This true crime book, is one of the best written books I have ever read. It completely details the police investigation and arrest.
This true crime book, is one of the best written books I have ever read. It completely details the police investigation and arrest.
Interesting account with a good narration. I've watched the interviews on HBO but this gave another side of the story.
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Anthony Bruno was born in Orange, New Jersey. He received an undergraduate degree from Boston University and a master's degree in medieval studies from Boston College. He worked for a time as an archivist at Boston University. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction works. His fictions works included the Gibbons and Tozzi series, the Loretta Kovacs show more series, and Seven: The Novelization. Bad Apple was adapted into a television movie starring Chris Noth. His non-fiction works included The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story, The Roppongi Stalker, and Iceman: The True Story of a Cold Blooded Killer, which was adapted into a movie starring Michael Shannon and Winona Ryder. Bruno was an executive producer of the film. He died after suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage on August 28, 2014 at the age of 61. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Richard Kuklinski; Roy Demeo
- Related movies
- The Iceman (2012 | IMDb)
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 364.1 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses
- LCC
- HV6248 .K75 .B78 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Criminal classes
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- 132
- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Rating
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
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