Books by Jeff Coen and Complete Book Reviews
Jeff Coen, Author . Chicago Review $24.95 (424p) ISBN 978-1-55652-781-4
Coen, a Chicago Tribune
reporter, dissects one of the most pivotal mob criminal prosecutions, the Family Secrets case, in his revealing, shocking book on self-destructive Cosa Nostra members engaged in a death dance of suspicion and betrayal....
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Jeff Coen. Chicago Review, $28.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-64160-281-5
In this riveting account, Coen (Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled Chicago’s Mob) paints a vivid picture of underworld Chicago while detailing one man’s quest to close a cold case. In 1976, 17-year-old John Hughes was partying with friends in a...
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Jeff Coen and John Chase. Chicago Review, $27.95 (496p) ISBN 978-1-56976-339-1
Chicago Tribune reporters Coen and Chase tell of the rise and fall of Rod Blagojevich—the “amiable” and “cocksure” former governor of Illinois who tried to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat in 2008. The FBI was on to his tricks beforehand, recording...
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