Face to Face with Whitey Bulger by Rich Teahan and Bob Ward

Some stories you think you know. And then someone who was actually there pulls back the curtain.

The FBI’s high-stakes capture of fugitive Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger at his hideout in Santa Monica, California, slammed shut a 16-year international manhunt for one of the FBI’s most wanted men. But it was not the end of the story.

In this gripping firsthand account, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Richard Teahan—who commanded the Whitey Bulger Task Force—brings us face to face with Whitey during an epic six-hour transcontinental debrief aboard a Justice Department jet returning Bulger to Boston. Teahan details the only interview Bulger ever granted to law enforcement, exposing his ruthless, deeply paranoid worldview.

Chronicling his personal quest to confront one of America’s most brutal organized crime bosses, Teahan lifts the veil on the backbreaking, often anguishing effort to bring Bulger to justice. It reads like a thriller. But every word is real.

For readers who devour true crime, criminology, and the tangled history of organized crime, this is an unforgettable seat inside the room where it happened. A rare, unvarnished look at both the hunter and the hunted.

We can’t help it—here in our little shop by the cove, we love a book with New England roots and a story that keeps you turning pages long after the tide has gone out. This one earns its place on the shelf.

Pull up a chair. Let the sea air settle in. And meet Whitey Bulger the way almost no one ever did.

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