The Boss Pottinger, Stanley

A federal prosecutor gets too close to organized crime and pays the price — not in blood, but in betrayal. Stanley Pottinger's thriller drops you into the grimy machinery of justice where the good guys aren't always good and the law is just another weapon. When prosecutor Michael Del Corso takes on the mob, he discovers the real danger isn't the wise guys — it's the people who are supposed to be on his side. The courtroom drama bleeds into back-alley politics, and Del Corso has to decide how far he'll go when the system itself is rigged. Pottinger, a former assistant attorney general, writes with the authority of someone who's seen the inside of these battles. If you like legal thrillers with teeth — think Grisham but grittier — and crime fiction that doesn't pull punches, this delivers. Perfect for anyone who suspects the mob isn't the only criminal enterprise in town.