The Whitey Bulger trial: nineteen gruesome murders, a dead witness, government secrets, FBI corruption, an unbelievable love triangle. This nonfiction thriller features courtroom drama and behind-the-scenes exclusives from Whitey himself, the cops and U.S. attorneys who brought him down, jurors, the defense team, an imprisoned FBI agent, Whitey's victims, two former lovers, and current high ranking members of both the Italian and Irish mobs. Whitey's machine guns and gangland-style violence will never be seen in Boston again.

Margaret McLean weaves an intricate tale of deceit,...