Eppolito does not send much time discussing the mob in this book. He portrays himself as a tough cop constantly battling his family's ties to organized crime. It is entertaining. I am sure many people would sympathize with his tough guy (bully) attitudes towards criminals.

The book is even more interesting in light that he was later convicted in court of murdering several people on behalf of the mob. Since the indictments came twenty years after this book, and just after he retired from the NYPD, I wonder how long law enforcement people knew of his duplicity and why they waited so long to act against him.