Henry Carter Hull

In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia-characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito-interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD...

The author, son of legendary mafioso Joe Bonanno, provides an account of his life as a high-ranking captain in the Bonanno crime family, and shares inside stories of the mob at its peak of power.

When New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux defends a local family whose land is being repossessed he finds himself in danger at the hands of local mobsters and a hired assassin.

The story of how a former mob member helped convict 38 Mafia men.

Federal judge Ramsey Hunt, having retreated to the Rockies to escape the notoriety following a violent incident in his courtroom, finds himself drawn into another deadly situation when he discovers a small, obviously abused little girl in the forest.

Beano X. Bates, a con man known as "King Con," is nearly beaten to death by a New Jersey crime boss and considers leaving his life as a grifter for good. But before he quits, he makes plans to perform one final scam that will ruin the boss and his Mob family forever.

Jake, a freelance hit man for the mob, is paralyzed and believed to be out of action for good after being shot by Fredo, a henchman for mafia godfather Mr. C., but an experimental medical program aimed at rebuilding spinal cords puts Jake back on his feet and ready for revenge.