Hunted Down

Writer Kevin Weeks was top Lieutenant to James "Whitey" Bulger, head of the South Boston Irish Mob, who was on the run for more than 16 years before his capture on June 22, 2011. While on the FBI Most Wanted list with a two million dollar reward, Whitey had been second only to Osama bin Laden. Hunted Down is a story of murder, friendship and loyalty within the mob. It includes additional information and stories that Weeks omitted from his NYT bestselling memoir, Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob. While Hunted Down is fiction, its insider knowledge makes it all the more intriguing and depicts an exciting, realistic story of the FBI's global hunt and eventual capture of Whitey Bulger and his companion of Catherine Greig. 

Kevin Weeks of Marblehead, MA Kevin Weeks, grew up in the Old Colony housing project in the Southern area of Boston, the fifth of six siblings and the youngest son. His two brothers attended Harvard, and Weeks was accepted into Harvard but chose not to attend. His childhood was full of books and boxing, the latter of which he used in his life as Whitey Bulger's right hand man. Weeks served five and a half years for his part in five murders and 29 counts of racketeering, money laundering, and extortion. Phyllis Karas is t

Phyllis Karas

Phyllis Karas is the coauthor of two previous books. She is a contributor to People magazine and an adjunct professor at the Boston University School of Journalism. She lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with her husband.