The book has to do with the person in the mob being accused of murder and his lawyer getting him off. Apparently something like this did happen in the 40s, 50s, or 60s. Trucking companies that are fronts, and truck hijackings are also hinted about in the book and apparently the guy in the mob in the book had stuff to do with those too in or around NYC.

Who was this character based on?


I haven't read the book, but your description could be any number of different mobsters given the 30 year time frame given. I'm sure there were quite a few mafioso who were accused of murder and walked in the mob's heyday.