The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer

The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
by Anthony Bruno

The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
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Author: Anthony Bruno
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-28
ISBN: 0595482163
Number of pages: 310
Publisher: Backinprint.com

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Book Review: One of the Best True Crime Books I Have Read
Summary: 5 Stars

I previously read The Ice Man by Philip Carlo, but I found this book on Richard Kuklinski by Anthony Bruno to be the better of the two. Bruno's book was written prior to the death of Kuklinski in a New Jersey prison, and its main focus is on the plan to get Kuklinski to incriminate himself with his dealings with an undercover police officer named Dominick Palifrone, aka Dominick Rrovenzano, so they could arrest him for the murder of several individuals. Yes, the book does provide some details in the victims of Richard Kuklinski, and we are introduced to a psychopath named Roy DeMeo. Despite his explosive temper which left his wife in constant fear Kuklinski was a faithful family man who doted on his children. The problem was his family never knew which version of husband and father would avail itself. For his part Officer Dominick Palifrone had to juggle his two identities as husband and father on one hand and a profanity-laced mafia man on the other. He got the two personalities mixed up one day while home for dinner when, to the horror of his wife and kids, he asked to have someone pass him the ----- potatoes.

Kuklinski was bullied as a child and after accidentally killing his childhood tormentor he was determined never to be bullied again. Philip Carlo did a good job with his book entitled The Ice Man, but his differed from Bruno's book in that Carlo covered the entire life of Kuklinski's crime. In addition it included some fictitious murders that Kuklinski was supposedly a part of, namely the murder of Paul Castellano and James Hoffa. Probably some others as well.

Since both of the books on The Ice Man were about a vicious murderer I don't want to say I enjoyed them, but they certainly were riveting reads. However, I did find the book on The Ice Man by Anthony Bruno to be more factual. It was written, however, before the death of Richard Kuklinski.

Summary of The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer

?The Iceman chilleth! Not for the faint of heart, but a rousing, riveting read. I read it in one (scary) gulp.?

?Jack Olson, author of I: The Creation of a Serial Killer

At home Richard Kuklinski was a dedicated suburban family man. On the street he was the Iceman, a professional hit man and lethal scam artist, a man so heartless he kept one of his victims frozen for over two years to disguise the time of death. His personal body count was over 100, but the police didn?t have a clue. The Iceman exposes Kuklinski?s murderous double life.

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