"The Ice Man" is a "stomach-turning account of the multiple atrocities committed over 43 years by Richard 'The Ice Man Kuklinski--as sadistic a killer as most readers would ever want to encounter in print" ("Publishers Weekly").

Over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Man. Doting Father. For thirty years, Richard The Iceman Kuklinski led a shocking double life, becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history while happily hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Richard Kuklinski was Sammy the Bull Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano at Sparks Steakhouse. John Gotti hired him to torture and kill the neighbor who accidentally ran over his child. For an additional price, Kuklinski would make his victims suffer; he conducted this sadistic business with coldhearted intensity and shocking efficiency, never disappointing his customers. By his own estimate, he killed over two hundred men, taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique. This trail of murder lasted over thirty years and took Kuklinski all over America and to the far corners of the earth, Brazil, Africa, and Europe. Along the way, he married, had three children, and put them through Catholic school. His daughter's medical condition meant regular stays in children's hospitals, where Kuklinski was remembered as an affectionate father, extremely kind to children. Each Christmas found the Kuklinski home festooned in colorful lights; each summer was a succession of block parties. His family never suspected a thing.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN:

9780312374655

Publication date:

September 2007

Length:

204mm

Width:

141mm

Thickness:

31mm

Weight:

390g

Pages:

410

Praise for The Ice Man

Carlo effectively tells the life story of the family man who spent thirty years as a professional killer, while hosting barbecues in suburban New Jersey. --- New York Post

This is a work written like a novel . . . highly recommended. --- Library Journal

Praise for The Night Stalker

We've all read novelists and true crime writers who try to put you inside the mind of the serial killer, but I can't remember one that succeeded with the physical and psychological intimacy of this collaboration between the writer and the killer himself. ---John Strausbausch, New York Press

An exceptionally well-told true crime tale. ---Publishers Weekly