Prime Target: the Assassination of Joe Colombo

MARK WAHLBERG WILL BRING GREGORY SCARPA, SR. TO LIFE INBY ANY MEANS,A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY ELEGANCE BRATTON. LEARN THE REAL STORY INPRIME TARGET: THE ASSASSINATION OF JOE COLOMBO.Prime Target: The Assassination of Joe Colombo is a gripping work of narrative nonfiction based on a firsthand prison confession from Gregory Scarpa, Sr.—one of the Mafia’s most feared hitmen and the FBI’s most valuable informant.In the final days of his life, Scarpa broke his silence about one of the most shocking gangland murders of the 20th century: the 1971 public assassination of Mafia boss turned Civil Rights leader Joe Colombo.More than fifty years after the crime, Scarpa sets the record straight—finally solving a case long clouded by conspiracy theories.Told in just over 100 taut pages, Prime Target also recounts Scarpa’s chilling FBI-sanctioned interrogation of a Klansman during the 1964 search for three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi. His method; brutal, revelatory, ingenious, and unforgettable. You have not read this, or seen this version anywhere—this is true crime that cuts to the bone. For the loyal organized crime fan—this one’s for you.Prime Target: The Assassination of Joe Colombo also challenges the reader to put aside their preconceived notions about the Mafia, loyalty, betrayal, and the FBI. It invites readers to draw their own conclusions from the story it presents—raw, revealing, and unlike any organized crime account they’ve encountered before.From intern to Head of Development at a boutique New York film and television company, Alan Taglianetti spent years shaping stories behind the scenes. PRIME TARGET: THE ASSASSINATION OF JOE COLOMBO is his first foray into authorship, blending his screen-honed instincts with a passion for true crime.