Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman (Film Tie-In Paperback) 2012

GANGSTER SQUAD by Paul Lieberman - Film Tie-In Edition.

Los Angeles, 1946. In a city overrun by gangsters, the LAPD have a new idea: if you want to bring down a criminal, don't act like a cop.

In a time when the FBI had yet to acknowledge the existence of the Mafia, a covert police force were using any means necessary to tackle a sprawling network ofg sinners in the City of Angels. Their techniques were as suspect as the me they were fighting - they bugged mobsters' bedrooms, conducted 'chats' with hitmen with the aid of a pistol, and formed alliasnces with dangerous criminals. But the Gangster Squad's do-or-die mission was to wipe out the notorious mob boss, Mickey Cohen....

Based on over 300 interviews with everyone from anoinymous LAPD foot soldiers to the families and associates of those they pursued, GANGSTER SQUAd is a blistering tour-de-force narrative that uncovers the reality of mid-twentieth century LA - a sinister world of stake-outs, shootouts and even the Black Dahlia murder.

A paperback published in 2012 by Pan books - includes 16 pages of photographs