The mafia murders that stunned Italy, and the thriling story of how the killers were brought to justice—based on new exclusive material, including previously unexplored testimonies of 269 witnessess
May 23, 2012, marks 20 years since the mafia blew apart its "Number One Enemy," the legendary prosecutor Judge Falcone, with a motorway bomb that also killed his wife Francesca and three bodyguards. Fifty-seven days later, the mafia killed Falcone's friend and colleague, Judge Paolo Borsellino, with a car bomb outside his mother's home that also killed five bodyguards. The first book about these murders, Vendetta will tell the inside story of the assassination plot and the investigation that followed. It reveals Borsellino's desperate race against time to find out who killed his friend while knowing he was next on the list, and reveals the daring undercover police mission which unmasked the killers. Based on new and exclusive interviews and the testimony of investigators, mafia supergrasses, survivors, relatives, and friends, this book recounts the events hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute as the Mafiosi plan and carry out the murders, and as the police hunt them down.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On 23 May 1992 the Mafia assassinated its 'Number One Enemy', the legendary prosecutor Judge Falcone, with a motorway bomb that also killed his wife Francesca and three bodyguards. Fifty-seven days later, the Mafia killed Falcone's friend and colleague, Judge Paolo Borsellino, with a car bomb outside his mother's home that also killed five bodyguards. These two murders changed forever how Italy viewed the Mafia. VENDETTA tells the inside story of the assassination plots and the investigation that followed. Follain reveals Borsellino's desperate race against time to find out who killed his friend while knowing he was next on the list and reveals the daring undercover police mission which unmasked the killers.Based on new and exclusive interviews and the testimony of investigators, Mafia supergrasses, survivors, relatives and friends, VENDETTA recounts the events hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute as the Mafiosi plan and carry out the murders, and as the police hunt them down. The mafia murders that stunned Italy - and the thrilling story of how the killers were brought to justice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781444714142
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