{"product_id":"2940169439403","title":"Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeldom has the netherworld of the mafia been revealed with such fascinating detail and sheer suspense. Like the classics of the genre-from \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe French Connection\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWise Guy\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003eTakedown\u003c\/i\u003e leads us to the inner ring of a conspiracy of corruption and terror that held the city in its grip for nearly fifty years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Cowan was a young NYPD detective in 1992 when he dropped by a Brooklyn waterfront warehouse to investigate a recent fire bombing-only one in a string of interviews he considered routine. But what he found there was far from routine, for it would take him on a five-year odyssey and nearly cost him his life. In fact, he had stumbled upon the lead of a lifetime-the suspicion that he might unearth the hard evidence police and federal agencies alike had been chasing for decades: the proof of collusion among the mob families to extort billions from the nation's most influential corporations that call New York their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing eccentric, larger-than-life New York characters and an undercover cop on the brink of being discovered-and murdered-at every step, \u003ci\u003eTakedown\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting real-life procedural and one of the most important investigative books of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097967968496,"sku":"2940169439403","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169439403_p0.jpg?v=1763782541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169439403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}