Hit #29: Based on the Killer's Own Account

NetGalley approved me for a copy of Hit #29 written by a supposed hit man.

Joey the Hit Man has killed 28 people, soon to be 29.

He liked doing the "heavyweight" work, just not too often. He was a numbers man, a controller. More or less, he was a bookie that took bets and was responsible for collecting losses and paying winners. He was guaranteed an upwards of $10,000 a week in bets and cigarettes. So why was he taking heavyweight work to kill people when he was earning the same amount from one hit? 

I think it was the adrenaline for him. He enjoyed taking the lives of other people because it put him in control. He was calling the shots. He was playing God. The rush he felt from the killing was far more ecstatic for him than just running numbers.

Now I had several problems with this book.

1) Since it is based on the killer's own account, I found some of it to be a tad far fetched. 

2) He speaks of the Bronx as his home, never leaving, always there.

3) In regards to the statement above, over halfway through the book he throws out that he was in the Army and served in the Korean War. But previously mentioned never leaving the Bronx?

4) He knew how to run numbers, bets were his specialty. Cigarettes were an added income. So why become a hitman?

5) He was so cautious but often let his ego shine through his words.

 

I do want to thank NetGalley for approving me for this book, but I would not recommend this to anyone that enjoys true crime books like me.