Phyllis Karas est collaboratrice du magazine People et professeure adjointe à la School of Journalism de l'Université de Boston. Elle vit à Marblehead, Massachusetts, avec son mari.
I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston and became partners with James Whitey Bulger, who I always called Jimmy. Jimmy and I, we were unstoppable. I went away for five and a half years. I was brutally honest on the witness stand, and this book is brutally honest, too; the brutal truth that was never before told.
Zack grapples with the complexities of crime and justice as he navigates the implications of a graffiti case involving a local temple. With his father serving as the district attorney, Zack is exposed to the serious nature of various offenses, leading him to question societal values and the significance placed on different crimes. This exploration of perception versus reality highlights the nuances of morality and the impact of seemingly minor acts on the community.
Writer Kevin Weeks was top Lieutenant to James "Whitey" Bulger, head of the South Boston Irish Mob, who was on the run for more than 16 years before his capture on June 22, 2011. Hunted Down is a story of murder, friendship and loyalty within the mob. It includes additional information and stories that Weeks omitted from his memoir, Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob. While Hunted Down is fiction, its insider knowledge makes it all the more intriguing and depicts an exciting, realistic story of the FBI's global hunt and eventual capture of Whitey Bulgerand his companion of Catherine Greig."