Mafia Murders
100 Kills that Changed the Mob

A book that looks at the hits and death of the men with ties or in the case of New York Lt. Detective Joseph Petrosino who fought tooth and nail with the “Black Hand” as they were called at the turn of the century after many arrests and wanting to send men back to Sicily that were criminals there. T......more

An entertaining and concise primer of how the American mob has relied on murder for more than a century, the book gets top marks for its engaging organization, witty approach, and concise readability that should appeal to experts and novices alike. Even after consuming dozens of books and documentar......more

Not a bad book, but doesn’t fully live up to its name, To put it simply, not all of these murders changed the mob. If they did the book doesn’t go into detail. Others are glossed over and sped through so you are only getting a glamoured version of the events.......more

I love this book but I am very biased as this book was written by my late sister, Maureen.......more

This is very much exactly what it says it is. The book covers 100 murders undertaken by the mafia (both of mafiosi and others) and gives a small amount of information about the reasons for and the aftermath of each one. There were some here that I knew about - Bugsy Siegel, Dutch Schultz etc. but ma......more