Philip Carlo's The Ice Man spent over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Man. Doting Father. For thirty years Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski led a shocking double life becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history while happily hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Richard Kuklinski was Sammy the Bull Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano then head of the Gambino crime family at Sparks Steakhouse. Mob boss John Gotti hired him to torture and kill the neighbor who accidentally ran over his child. For an additional price Kuklinski would make his victims suffer; he conducted this sadistic business with coldhearted intensity and shocking efficiency never disappointing his customers. By his own estimate he killed over two hundred men taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique. This trail of murder lasted over thirty years and took Kuklinski all over America and to the far corners of the earth Brazil Africa and Europe. Along the way he married had three children and put them through Catholic school. His daughter's medical condition meant regular stays in children's hospitals where Kuklinski was remembered not as a gangster but as an affectionate father extremely kind to children. Each Christmas found the Kuklinski home festooned in colorful lights; each summer was a succession of block parties. His family never suspected a thing. Richard Kuklinski is now the subject of the major motion picture titled "The Iceman"(2013) starring James Franco Winona Ryder Ray Liotta and Chris Evans.
