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  • Strange Fugitive

    A gritty tale of Toronto's underworld during Prohibition. Originally published in New York in 1928, this book announced the coming of the urban novel in Canada through the story of Harry Trotter—a man who descends into a life of crime in the immigrant "Ward" of 1920s Toronto.Superficial and self-centered, Trotter establishes himself as a major bootlegger in a city dominated by foreign gangs. As he ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mob Mistress

    How a Canadian Housewife became a Mafia Playgirl

    by James Dubro ...
    On April 1,1986, CBC-TV's the fifth estate broadcast a lead item entitled “Mistress to the Mob”. In the program, a former playgirl with Hamilton's notorious Papalia crime family spoke frankly of her life within the mob, of the events that led her to become an undercover operative with the “family”, and of her present life as a protected witness, living under an assumed name in a city far from ... Read more

    $5.95 USD

  • Mob Rule

    Inside the Canadian Mafia

    by James Dubro ...
    On Monday, November 14, 1983, the body of Paul Volpe was found in the trunk of his car in the parking lot at Toronto International Airport. He had been shot several times in the head at close range with a small-calibre weapon. The life and crimes of one of the most prominent mob bosses in Canada had come to an end.Paul Volpe’s rise to power in the Canadian Mafia, from his youthful career as a ... Read more

    $5.95 USD

  • Dragons of Crime

    Inside the Asian Underworld

    by James Dubro ...
    The result of more than ten years of research by one of Canada’s top investigative journalists, Dragons of Crime is the first book-length expose of the Chinese and Vietnamese gangs in North America. For the first time, all the mysterious elements of Asian crime are uncovered, from the history and growth of the triads, tongs and gangs to the present-day structures and activities, including:an ... Read more

    $5.95 USD

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  • Gotti's Rules

    The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti, and the Demise of the American Mafia

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Honor and The Last Gangster—"one of the most respected crime reporters in the country" ( 60 Minutes)—comes the sure to be headline-making inside story of the Gotti and Gambino families, told from the unique viewpoint of notorious mob hit-man John Alite, a close associate of Junior Gotti who later testified against him.In Gotti's Rules, George ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scarface and the Untouchable

    Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

    The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago–a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller. Now featuring a new preface, plus 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago.A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year"Gripping. ... Reads like a novel." — Chicago"Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness." *—*Matthew PearlIn 1929, thirty-year-... ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When a Killer Calls

    A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town

    Series Book 2 - Cases of the FBI’s Original Mindhunter
    From John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter—comes a chilling true crime journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him.On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, ... Read more

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  • The Killer's Shadow

    The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

    Series Book 1 - Cases of the FBI’s Original Mindhunter
    The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist serial killer and one of the most disturbing psychopaths ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mind of a Murderer

    A glimpse into the darkest corners of the human psyche, from a leading forensic psychiatrist

    'An intricate and brilliantly written psychiatric perspective on the most perplexing of crimes' Kerry Daynes, author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Beautifully written and very dark' Nimco Ali OBE'Whodunnit' doesn't matter so much, not to a forensic psychiatrist. We're more interested in the 'why'.In his twenty-six years in the field, Richard Taylor has worked on well over a hundred murder cases, ... Read more

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  • Mafia Prince

    Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra

    "A fascinating tale of mob money and murder by someone who was there." - Nicholas Pileggi, #1 New York Times– bestselling author of Wiseguy and Casino: Love and Honor in Las VegasMONEY, MURDER, AND MACHIAVELLIAN MAYHEM . . . CONTAINS A NEW EPILOGUEMafia Prince is the first p... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mob Killer:

    The Bloody Rampage of Charles Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man

    A Crazed KillerHe dissolved the bodies of some of his victims in acid and poured them down the sewer. He hung grisly souvenirs on nails in his junkyard.La Costra NostraCharles Carneglia was a stone-cold killer who fell in with the bloodthirsty John Gotti crew. As the infamous crime family rose to power with their murderous trail of sex, jealousy, greed, and revenge, Carneglia rose with them.Mafia, ... Read more

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  • Sonny

    The Last of the Old-Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese

    by S. J. Peddie ...
    **Award-winning investigative journalist S. J. Peddie writes the first groundbreaking account of the legendary mafia boss, Sonny Franzese, the head of the Colombo crime family and the financier of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat.“Sonny Franzese was a standup guy. He lived his life, and he didn't hurt innocent people. And I knew him my whole life.” —Former Philadelphia crime boss Ralph ... Read more

    $11.79 USD