DOUBLE DEAL. The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster.

Hardback, 1st US edn. A book which follows the path of Michael Corbitt, a "street guy" from Chicago who became an associate of the Chicago mob. From there, his mob contacts convinced him to become a Chicago police officer; and thereafter, the chief of police in a suburban Chicago town. While sworn to uphold the law, Corbitt's real role was to support the goals of his benefactors in the mob. Corbitt coveted money and the power that it brought, and he willingly and enthusiastically embraced the life of a mobster while wearing the uniform of a man sworn to uphold the law. Corbitt generated substantial sums of illicit money for himself by virtue of his position as a law enforcement officer associated with the mob. During the many years that this association was extant, Corbitt was never prosecuted or even arrested. His downfall came only when his mob associates asked him to commit murder. Illus. 347pp. 8vo. h/back. Vg+ - no dw.