We're Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster [Hardcover]

Lin DeVecchio (Author), Charles Brandt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2011

The riveting front-page news story of an FBI agent falsely accused of ordering four mob hits.

FBI agent Lin DeVecchio was a key player in the New York Mafia wars from the late seventies through the early nineties. Yet despite his stunning success fighting organized crime, DeVecchio was accused of taking bribes, selling information to the man who was his informant, and even personally ordering four mob hits.

Who went after Lin DeVecchio and why? How did a highly respected FBI agent become suspected of corruption and charged with four counts of murder? DeVecchio and bestselling author Charles Brandt go behind the front-page headlines and tell the fascinating story of a law enforcement officer who beat the mob bosses, only to end up fighting for his own freedom.

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About the Author

Lin DeVecchio is a former FBI agent with over thirty years of service. For the last ten years, he has run his own private investigations firm.
Charles Brandt is a former homicide prosecutor and Chief Deputy Attorney General for the state of Delaware. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; First Edition edition (February 22, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425229866
• ISBN-13: 978-0425229866
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #856,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When Bad things Happen to Good People, March 7, 2011

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William L. Fleisher (Cherry Hill, NJ) - See all my reviews
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I just finished We're Going to Win This Thing,and I literally could not put it down (Kindled it on Friday; finished it on Saturday.) R. Lindley DeVecchio and Charles Brandt did an outstanding job of portraying the frame-up perpetrated against FBI Supervisor DeVecchio by the Brooklyn DA's office, jaded FBI Special Agent Favo, mob moll Linda Spiro and other mob miscreants. This well written and documented story relates how Mob Buster DeVecchio was crucified by a conspiracy of mob creeps, politically motivated prosecutors and other denizens of a corrupt system. This book gave me the chills to think that this could happen to anyone, let alone a well respected, dedicated and loyal FBI Special Agent such Mr. DeVecchio.

I hope that everyone who reads this page turner, stands up against this injustice perpetrated against Mr. DeVecchio. What really made my blood boil was when I read that the fools (I am being kind here) who helped fabricate the case against an innnocent man and started his almost lynching were honored by FBI Director Mueller for their "integrity." What a joke. My hat is off to the attorneys who defended Mr. DeVecchio and the American Judicial system who saw through this frame-up. Buy this book, you will love it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As the attorney for the co-defendant in this case, this book was dead on, March 30, 2011

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joseph giaramita esq. - See all my reviews

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I had the greatest experience in my career when I was the attorney for the co-defendant John Sinagra in this case. My client was also wrongfully charged with one of the murders and he sat in prison for over a year until he was freed when the case was dismissed. I had the privilege of working alongside Douglas Grover and Mark Bederow and Mr. DeVecchio, who I consider my friends for life. The book is dead on and does mention my case at the end of the book. It is a must read as a real life true story thriller and the book fairly portrays what occurred. I was honored to come to know and be surrounded by some of the finest F.B.I. agents I have ever known.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time or money....boring!, March 14, 2011

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Jennifer (Sugar Land, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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Unlike the first reviewer, I picked this up expecting something interesting and was very disappointed. It took me almost two weeks to work through this book. The way the author jumps around with names and dates it is very hard to read much less follow or understand. He tells so many stories that you are never sure of what his point was or if there even was one. He keeps referencing this "championship season" but never explains what it was or what made it so special except that he was a part of it. His attacks on the DA office and FBI agents comes across so bitterly it is hard to feel for the author. It reads as though it was an assignment from a therapist for the author to work through his issues. I can't imagine what this man has been through but not so sure it is a good topic for a book. I didn't think it is a very interesting read and wished I could get my money back. There are so many other interesting mafia books out there to spend your time and money on....would pass on this twenty year old story.