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Hitman by Howie Carr Publisher Comments Martin Scorseses The Departed barely touched on his story. Now radio talk show sensation, crime reporter, and Boston Herald columnist, Howie Carr takes us into the heart of the life of Johnny Martorano. For two decades Martorano struck fear into anyone... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper 
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Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi Publisher Comments "At the age of twelve my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." -- Henry Hill Wiseguy is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T J English Publisher Comments Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob, from the mid-nineteenth century all the way to the present day. History shows that the heritage of the Irish American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blow by Bruce Porter Publisher Comments BLOW is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pable Escobar's Medellin cartel-- the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. Jung's early business of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Operation Family Secrets: How a Mobster's Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago's Murderous Crime Family by Frank Jr Calabrese Publisher Comments Operation Family Secrets is the chilling true story of how the son of the most violent mobster in Chicago made the unprecedented decision to work with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to incriminate his own father and to help bring down the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Most Wanted: Pursuing Whitey Bulger, the Murderous Mob Chief the FBI Secretly Protected by Thomas J Foley Publisher Comments June 23, 2011. The news of the notorious gangster Whitey Bulgers capture—after sixteen years on the FBIs Most Wanted list—swept the nation. Many breathed a sigh of relief. But for Thomas J. Foley, a former Massachusetts state police... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset by Jon Roberts Publisher Comments In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned, began a series of conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the fabulously... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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The Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His Life in the Mexican Mafia by Chris Blatchford Publisher Comments Rene "Boxer" Enriquez grew up in East L.A., where gang fights and drive-by shootings were everyday occurrences fueled by rage, drugs, and alcohol. Sent to prison at nineteen, he was recruited by La Eme, the near-mythic Mexican Mafia, arguably the most... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath by Philip Carlo Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author Philip Carlo, one of the foremost chroniclers of the New York Mafia and the criminal mind, returns with a shocking exploration of his most twisted and notorious villain yet Tommy "Karate" Pitera was not like other... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Snakehead (10 Edition) by Patrick Radden Keefe Publisher Comments In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Westies by T J English Publisher Comments Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs, James Coonan and Mickey Featherstone, the gang rose out of the inferno of Hell's Kitchen, a decaying tenderloin slice of New York City's West Side. They became... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired "Chicago" by Douglas Perry Publisher Comments The untold true story of the murders that inspired the iconic musical Chicago. With a thrilling, fast-paced narrative, award-winning journalist Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationalized circus atmosphere that gave rise to the concept of the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith Synopsis The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, are home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman is among the worlds ten most wanted men and also appeared on Forbes magazines 2009 billionaire list. With his... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd by Michael Wallis Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of Billy the Kid and Route 66, a true-life story of a notorious outlaw that magnificently re-creates the vanished, impoverished world of Dust Bowl America. Michael Wallis evokes the hard times of the era as he follows the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Underboss by Peter Maas Publisher Comments In March of 1992, the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect broke his blood oath of silence and testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano, second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $0.95 Used - Mass Market
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This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang by Samuel Logan Publisher Comments Like any American teenager, Brenda Paz spent much of her time with her friends. They would go to parties, listen to music, and show off their cars late into the night. But Brenda and her friends belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha--the MS-13--the most... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Road To Hell How the Biker Gangs Are Conquering Canada by Julian Sher Publisher Comments In this definitive, up-to-the-minute account of the Hells Angels in Canada, two veteran journalists investigate why the recent imprisonment of feared biker leader, Maurice “Mom” Boucher, is too little, too late. By the spring of 2002, Boucher... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer by Philip Carlo Publisher Comments Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Husband and father. For thirty years, he led a double life—becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history. This is the true story of THE ICE MAN He was Sammy the Bull Gravanos partner in the... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Evening's Empire: The Story of My Father's Murder by Zachary Lazar Publisher Comments When he was just six years old, Zachary Lazar's father, Edward, was shot dead by hit men in a Phoenix, Arizona parking garage. The year was 1975, a time when, according to the Arizona Republic, land-fraud artists roamed the state in sharp suits, gouging... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Street Soldier: My Life as an Enforcer for Whitey Bulger and the Boston Irish Mob by Edward Mackenzie Publisher Comments James "Whitey" Bulger is second only to Osama bin Laden on the FBIUs Ten Most Wanted List. This is a riveting, darkly comic insiders' account of organized crime. Photos. Maps.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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