The Ice Man

Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer

Hardcover, 432 pages

English language

Published July 1, 2006 by St. Martin's Press.

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978-0-312-34928-8
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Philip Carlo's The Ice Man spent over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Man. Doting Father. For thirty years, Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski led a shocking double life, becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history while happily hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey.

Richard Kuklinski was Sammy the Bull Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, then head of the Gambino crime family, at Sparks Steakhouse. Mob boss John Gotti hired him to torture and kill the neighbor who accidentally ran over his child. For an additional price, Kuklinski would make his victims suffer; he conducted this sadistic business with coldhearted intensity and shocking efficiency, never disappointing his customers. By his own estimate, he killed over two hundred men, taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique.

This trail of murder lasted over thirty years and …

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Subjects

  • Criminals & Outlaws
  • Organized Crime
  • True Crime / Organized Crime
  • Crime And Criminals
  • True Crime
  • True Crime / Espionage
  • Biography
  • Case studies
  • New Jersey
  • Serial murderers
  • Serial murders