{"product_id":"i-heard-you-paint-houses-frank-the-irishman-sheeran-closing-the-case-on-jimmy-hoffa-9781586422387","title":"I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran \u0026 Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuly 30, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Back then, there wasn't nobody in this country who didn't know who Jimmy Hoffa was.\" -- Frank Sheeran (played by Robert DeNiro) in Martin Scoresese's film \u003ci\u003eThe Irishman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York Times Bestseller -- #1 True Crime Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the major motion picture, THE IRISHMAN. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all.\" -- Steven Van Zandt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Charles Brandt has solved the Hoffa mystery.\" -- Professor Arthur Sloane, author of \u003ci\u003eHoffa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sheeran's confession that he killed Hoffa in the manner described in the book is supported by the forensic evidence, is entirely credible, and solves the Hoffa mystery.\" -- Michael Baden M.D., former Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's all true.\" -- New York Police Department organized crime homicide detective Joe Coffey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gives new meaning to the term 'guilty pleasure.''' -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Includes an Epilogue and a Conclusion that detail substantial post-publication corroboration of Frank Sheeran's confessions to the killings of Jimmy Hoffa and Joey Gallo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I heard you paint houses\" are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank \"the Irishman\" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews, Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. He also provided intriguing information about the Mafia's role in the murder of JFK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSheeran learned to kill in the US Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit the US government would name him as one of only two non-Italians in conspiracy with the Commission of La Cosa Nostra, alongside the likes of Anthony \"Tony Pro\" Provenzano and Anthony \"Fat Tony\" Salerno. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself. Charles Brandt's page-turner has become a true crime classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16156722\"\u003eCharles Brandt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steerforth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586422387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586422383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRU\"\u003eTrue Crime\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRU003000\"\u003eOrganized Crime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRU\"\u003eTrue Crime\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRU002000\"\u003eMurder | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in New York City, Charles Brandt is a former homicide prosecutor and Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Delaware. As a prosecutor, he handled more than 50 homicide proceedings, and he is the author of a novel based on cases he solved through interrogation, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Right to Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. In private practice since 1976, Brandt was a criminal defense attorney specializing in homicide for a decade, and has been president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and the Delaware Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been named by his peers to both Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers in Delaware. He is also the co-author of Joe Pistone's \u003ci\u003eDonnie Brasco: Unfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e and of Lin DeVecchio's \u003ci\u003eWe're Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-Up of a Mafia Crime Buster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455285670125,"sku":"9781586422387","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_af807d66-78dc-4cb2-b774-274be0fb59a1.jpg?v=1753519452","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/i-heard-you-paint-houses-frank-the-irishman-sheeran-closing-the-case-on-jimmy-hoffa-9781586422387","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}