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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Seccuss of Right over EvilBy Mickey LaRueExcellent writing; good information that explained the inside story on the actors in certain crime; it was good to see the celebration of a dedicated police officer. Officer Coffey passed too soon.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Mic Mic Micinteresting0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Joe RicciutiVery interesting book

A true crime account of the old-school New York Police Department from the detective who helped catch the Son of Sam and waged a one-man war against the Mafia. In 1978, a gang war erupted in New York City, and the five boroughs ran red with blood. Men with names like ldquo;Matty the Horserdquo; and ldquo;Tony Uglyrdquo; were found dismembered in garbage dumps, dead on the roadside in the far reaches of the Bronx, or suffocated in the trunks of cars parked at LaGuardia Airport. For years, the New York Police Department hadnrsquo;t bothered to investigate Mafia murders, preferring to let the mob handle its own bloody affairsmdash;but that was about to change. The NYPD was going to war with the Cosa Nostra, and Det. Joseph Coffey would lead the charge. A hard-nosed veteran of the force, Detective Coffey took down some of the highest-profile organized-crime associations of the 1970s, from the conspiracy between the Mafia and the Catholic Church known as the Vatican Connection to the homegrown terrorists who called themselves the Black Liberation Army. In 1977, when the city was terrorized by serial killer David Berkowitz, better known as the Son of Sam, Coffey led the NYPDrsquo;s nighttime operations as they worked to lure the murderer into a trap. But the war against the mob would be his greatest challengemdash;one that would take him right into the heart of gritty, dangerous NYC. Cowritten by New York Daily News veteran Jerry Schmetterer, Coffeyrsquo;s work is crime reporting at its finest. Fans of the two-fisted journalism of Jimmy Breslin and New York stories like The French Connection will find The Coffey Files has the thunderous intensity of a runaway subway train.

From Publishers WeeklyCoffey is one tough cop, dedicated and competent. But he's also given to posturing and self- righteousness, at least as depicted by Schmetterer, crime reporter for the New York Daily News . The former New York City police officer (coauthor of The Vatican Connection ) has had a notable career, which involved him with the 1977 Son of Sam serial killings; with the Mafia, as head of a unit dubbed the Coffey Gang; with the Cosa Nostra's "Ruling Commission," as member of a U.S. Attorney squad. Piecing together his cases taxes the reader of this disorganized memoir, however, for we're told so many tales within tales as to lose the thread of the major stories. They variously have to do with organized crime, a Manhattan gang called the Westies, an evening as security guard that had Coffey dancing with first lady Nancy Reagan, four days protecting Joe Frazier before the 1971 heavyweight championship bout with Muhammad Ali. But there's lots of excitement here, if readers are patient enough to plod through the underbrush. Coffey, who retired from the NYPD in 1985 in "great bitterness" after accusations of corruption (he was cleared), is now principal investigator of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force. Photos not seen by PW . Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Kirkus sAbsorbing roundup of an ace NYPD detective's big cases. Here, written with the help of veteran journalist Schmetterer, is Coffey's view of what it was like to guard Joe Frazier from death threats before his first fight with Ali; to struggle to capture Croatian nationalists who bombed La Guardia (one cop killed) and hijacked a TWA flight to Paris; and to supervise the team trying desperately to nab Son of Sam before he killed again. In 1978, Coffey was named head of N.Y.C.'s first organized-crime squad-- but ``let the vermin destroy the vermin'' was the department's view, and Coffey was told his squad would be in existence only 30 days: It was formed as a favor to Mayor Koch, who wanted the public outcry against shootings on city streets appeased. But after Coffey solved two big mob cases, the squad was made permanent and Coffey went after the Westies, an Irish gang operating out of Hell's Kitchen and considered by the detective the ``most vicious mad- dog killers in the city.'' Coffey discovered what no had suspected--an Italian-Irish connection: The Mafia was hiring the Westies to do strong-arm jobs and contract killings. Coffey barged into the Ravenite Social Club and demanded to see ``Big Paulie'' Castellano, then the elderly and dignified capo di tutti capi. Five button men playing poker stared at the crazy cop in disbelief, but a sit- down was arranged. Exciting scenarios, all--but although well written and packed with detail, the book shortchanges its characters, many of whom are only names. And Coffey is shown as a two- dimensional macho man, with a few squibs on his wife and kids thrown in for sympathy. Still: new information on big cases, revelations on NYPD interdepartmental politics, and a rogues' gallery of coldblooded hit men and devious madmen: cop watchers are going to like this, despite its flaws. (Photographs--not seen.) -- Copyright copy;1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. ldquo;The best true crime story since The French Connection.rdquo; mdash;Tom Walker, author of Fort Apache: New Yorkrsquo;s Most Violent Precinct nbsp; ldquo;Written at the fast pace of a tabloid, this book packs the powerful punch of an honest cop, capturing the grit of New York.rdquo; mdash;Richard Esposito, Newsday nbsp; ldquo;If therersquo;s one detectiversquo;s life worth reading about, itrsquo;s Joe Coffeyrsquo;s. The Coffey Files is an inside look at an amazing detectiversquo;s life during an amazing period in New Yorkrsquo;s history. Great reading.rdquo; mdash;Murray Weiss, New York Post

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