Philip Carlo Books in Order

After photographs of a kidnapped ten-year-old appear in a Dutch child-abuse magazine, her desperate family turns to former policeman Frank De Nardo. His search for the missing girl leads into the people exploiting her.

Philip Carlo traces Richard Ramirez's life, crimes, and capture through research and interviews with the killer. The account follows his early encounters with the law, the Los Angeles murders, and the investigation that brought him to trial.

A killer begins murdering priests across New York City, forcing the Church and Vatican into an urgent effort to stop him. Behind the apparently random attacks lies a secret capable of threatening the institution itself.

Detective Frank De Nardo searches for a reporter who disappeared after interviewing the mysterious Santos Dracol. Following her trail draws him into a world of powerful people, sexual violence, and murder that tests what he can believe.

Drawing on extensive interviews with Richard Kuklinski and his family, Philip Carlo examines the killer's claimed criminal career. His account contrasts stories of Mafia contract murders with the ordinary suburban family life Kuklinski maintained in New Jersey.

Philip Carlo examines Lucchese crime boss Anthony Casso's career within New York's Mafia. His account follows Casso's rivalry with John Gotti, the Windows Case, and connections to corrupt police officers, exposing the relationships sustaining organized crime.

Philip Carlo follows Bonanno crime figure Tommy Pitera's violent rise and the investigation led by DEA agent Jim Hunt. Wiretaps, informants, and surveillance expose how a drug-trafficking inquiry became a pursuit of an elusive Mafia murderer.

While researching notorious killers, Philip Carlo learns he has ALS and confronts his own approaching death. This memoir connects encounters with Mafia figures and serial murderers to the daily struggle of continuing his work through a progressive illness.