Our collection is varied, both HC and PB.
The ones I think are the best:
Blue Blood, by Edward Conlon (HC, 2004, 562 pages, $3)
Conlon is fourth-generation NYPD. This is not only his story, but also the story of three other generations of cops.
Cop Without a Badge: the Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher, by Charles Kipps (SC, 1996, $2.50)
"Having been arrested for Grand Theft Auto at the age of sixteen, his felony conviction prevents him from being what he always wanted to be: a police officer." So instead he becomes a confidential informant for the NYPD, the FBI and others.
A G-Man's Journal: A Legendary Career Inside the FBI- From the Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombings, by Oliver "Buck" Revell (PB, 1998, $1.25)
Not just a FBI agent, he was also the senior FBI representative to the National Security Council, so his career also included directing international operations. Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, and the Gulf War, he was there for all. He tells what went right, and what went wrong. Learn his take on the Waco tragedy , the first WTC bombing, and the bombings at Oklahoma City.
Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers, by Michael Baden, M.D. (TPB, 2001, $1.50)
Baden was the chief medical examiner of NYC for more than 25 years.
Gangsters and Goodfellas: the Mob, Witness Protection and Life on the Run, by Henry Hill (HC, 2004, $2)
For over 20 years Hill was a powerful member of the Lucchese crime family. Then came his arrest in 1980, followed by his giving testimony against fifty major criminals. He enters the Witness Protection Program, relocating often, and giving the US Marshals chronic headaches. Fast forwarding to 1989 and his life is made into the movie GoodFellas by Martin Scorsese, for which Hill gets a check for $480,000. Only in America.
The Big House: Life Inside A Supermax Security Prison, by Warden James H. Bruton (HC, 2004, $2)
35 years in the field of corrections with 5 years as the warden at a Minnesota Correctional Facility, this man tells about things you would rather not know about, but probably should.
