{"product_id":"9781504046084","title":"Hit #29: Based on the Killer's Own Account","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times–\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKiller: The Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the true story of his most harrowing contract murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Joey the Hit Man” was a Bronx-born hired assassin who achieved widespread notoriety after writing a bestselling memoir and appearing on the David Susskind show. In this “down-to-earth realistic account,” Joey tells the riveting story behind the strangest of his thirty-eight kills (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the fall of 1969, a public execution in an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn earned Joey a mention in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and a twenty-grand payout from the mob. On the surface, his next job seemed just as routine: The bosses suspected their trusted numbers controller, Joe Squillante, was skimming the nightly bets to settle personal debts. Joey gave Squillante two weeks to live.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But there was one problem: Squillante once had a hit out on Joey too. No clueless patsy, #29 was an unpredictable bull’s-eye, and the contract holder was a dangerous mobster with a personal grudge against Joey. Taking the job meant entering into a game of predator and prey as nerve-racking as the cock of a .38 hammer.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From first tail to all-night stakeouts to the intricate planning of the final confrontation, this is the shockingly detailed first-person account of a professional hit. Full of twists, turns, and double crosses, \u003ci\u003eHit #29 \u003c\/i\u003e“tells it like it is” and delivers an unforgettable insider’s view of the mob (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132184772848,"sku":"9781504046084","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504046084_p0.jpg?v=1769897819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504046084","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}