Chapter 1—Part I
Connolly was surely thinking about [...] where he had come from. A circle, a loop, the shape of a noose—all road led to Southie. (1.1.59)
Chapter 2
The shared battles reaffirmed a view of life: never trust outsiders and never forget where you come from. (1.2.5)
Chapter 3
It didn't matter that two prosecutors were seated across the way. Bulger leaned into Green's face, [...] "If you don't pay, I will absolutely kill you." (1.3.8)
Chapter 4
The Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known simply as RICO, would be used in nearly every major prosecution against the Mafia during the 1980's. (1.4.9)
Chapter 5
Connolly said later that O'Sullivan's intervention provided a new layer of protective veneer to the FBI's deal. (1.5.82)
Chapter 6—Part II
They realized that Bulger's demeanor seemed to soften in South Boston, away from Lancaster Street. (2.6.31)
Chapter 7
Connolly's internal memo said that Bulger viewed the state police as part of a conspiracy to embarrass his brother Billy. (2.7.21)
Chapter 8
From the beginning the agents did the best they could to cover up for Bulger and Flemmi as their misdeeds tumbled off the tapes in 1981. (2.8.33)
Chapter 9
Flemmi saw that there was something special between Connolly and Whitey Bulger. It was South Boston, for sure, and maybe part of it was a father-son thing. (2.9.2)
Chapter 10
It was Brian Halloran's dead body on Northern Avenue that left a deep mark on agents in the Boston office. (2.10.60)
Chapter 11
It was often spread around town that Bulger was supremely loyal to the people of Southie, that he liked helping people. (2.11.55)
Chapter 12
[T]he moment Bulger had uttered the line, "He's right—there is a bug in the car," DEA agent Reilly was convinced that the FBI had tipped of Bulger. (2.12.97)
Chapter 13
Morris, his wine nearby but clearly sober, said, "You can do anything you want as long as you don't clip anyone." (2.13.43)
Chapter 14, Part II
And just as the FBI had protected Whitey Bulger for fifteen years, the bureau stepped in to keep William Bulger out of harm's way. (2.14.21)
Chapter 15
"I'm from South Boston, shrugged one of the witnesses, trying to explain the turnabout to the judge. "We keep things to ourselves." (2.15.50)
Chapter 16
"I think part of it, if Connolly were surfaced, that would mean that I would be surfaced; and I think at that point in time I in fact wanted my own involvement surfaced." (2.16.18)
Chapter 18
Flemmi was like a Hollywood celebrity arrested for drunken driving. Protests about his importance would only make things worse. (3.18.49)
Chapter 20
But even a renewed attack could not remove the lasting impression of a lackluster John Connolly reading from the Fifth Amendment card. (3.20.134)
Epilogue
[Connolly] now stood formally charged with leaking information to Bulger and Flemmi that led directly to the murders of three potential witnesses. (e.31)