What Really Happened to Jimmy Hoffa? For John Russel, it Would Have Been Better Not to Know. When Jimmy Hoffa vanished over twenty years earlier, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with John and Shelby Russel. That is, until the FBI unearthed the body at their family cottage in Leelanau, Michigan. Suddenly, drawn into circumstances as deep and dark as the hole where the decayed remains were found, they discover a thread of ironic logic that weaves through two generations; uncovering the horrible truth, the deception and secrets of John's father, and the evidence he left behind: an unwanted legacy that could get them killed. Caught in a deadly struggle between two Mafia families, the Russels unravel a twenty year old conspiracy that reaches into the highest echelon of the Teamster's union, and the command of the FBI itself.