The secret weapon on Little Al book is Tom Robbins, a great NYC reporter who's now somewhat forgotten because he went down with the now decrepit Village Voice, though gangsterbb folk will remember him as the key player in torpedoed the Lin Delvecchio trial--

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/nyregion/02mob.html?_r=0

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/45/30_45tomrobbins.html

Capeci knows his shit, of course, but Robbins is a more nuanced writer, I think, so the collaboration should be top notch.