MUTE WITNESS

MUTE WITNESS by Robert L. Fish

From Amazon.com:

A slimy district attorney, an assortment of inept police officers, un underworld boss turned snitch, and the hardboiled lieutenant charged with protecting him until his trial make up the cast of characters of Robert Fish's hair-raising 1963 novel MUTE WITNESS.  For Lieutenant Clancy of the New York Police Department, the assignment of protecting mobster Johnny Rossi soon turns into an investigation into who wants him dead and why.  The inspiration for the Steve McQueen film, Bullitt, MUTE WITNESS is a classic.

This was another freebie for my Kindle.  A quick read that held my attention throughout, with a lot of plot twists and turns.

I don't think I've ever seen Bullitt all the way through.  I just remember the car chase through the streets of San Francisco and the scene at the end at the airport.  An old friend of mine was in that airport scene!  I'm going to have to find a copy of the movie and watch it now and see how it corresponds to this book.