Small-time mobster Neil DiChristo is a happy-go-lucky bookmaker who prefers wine, women, and good food, not necessarily in that order, to any serious work or crime. One morning he is dragged out of his house by a team of FBI agents who have put together enough false information to throw him in prison for life and mark him as an informant to get him killed. All they want, they say, is for him to get close enough to a Russian operative to bring him down. It seems the only chink is the Russian's gambling habit, and DiChristo's credentials in that area give him the greatest chance of gaining the...

From Little Italy social clubs to mob bedrooms, Girard--pseudonym of a mob insider--tells a story of intimacy, loyalty and betrayal in a world at once moving and chilling, as New York's most powerful Don prepares to plunge the five families into a bitter war. "(Girard) has an authoritative grasp of the Mafia's inner workings".--Publishers Weekly.

Sonny Girard's Mob Reader is the ultimate organized crime primer from someone who's actually spent his entire life as an insider and writes without confessions. Unlike mob turncoats (i.e.: rats) he writes authentically without self-serving, gratuitous excuses. His old friends, whoever's left, are still his best friends. Mob Reader contains his original articles, short snapshots of mostly unknown characters, reviews of his favorite mob books, letters from visitors to www.SonnysMobCafe.com, and sample pages of his previously published novels. Available Sonny Girard Books: - Blood of Our Fathers...

Not since Mario Puzo's Godfather has a novel so passionately captured the soul of organized crime as did mob insider Sonny Girard's astounding debut, Blood of Our Fathers. Now Girard brings us the extraordinary successor, an explosive drama of the changes rocking the American Mafia... In one swift stroke, an assassin's bullet elevated Mickey Boy Messina from foot soldier to boss of the Calabra Crime Family - and left him with a legacy of pain and confusion. Now Mickey Boy is walking a delicate line, caught between the thrill of a power he never dreamed would be his, and Frank Halloran, a...

Small-time mobster Neil DiChristo is a happy-go-lucky bookmaker who prefers wine, women, and good food, not necessarily in that order, to any serious work or crime. One morning he is dragged out of his house by a team of FBI agents who have put together enough false information to throw him in prison for life and mark him as an informant to get him killed. All they want, they say, is for him to get close enough to a Russian operative to bring him down. It seems the only chink is the Russian's gambling habit, and DiChristo's credentials in that area give him the greatest chance of gaining the...

"An authentic thriller from a mob guy who's obviously been there." -- Nicholas Pileggi, Author of Wiseguy (Film name: Goodfellas) With razor-sharp honesty, Sonny Girard, an ex-mobster himself, tells the story of "Mickey Boy" Messina, just paroled from prison for a crime he didn't commit, and in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend, Laurel, a complication on his road to becoming a "made man" in the Calabra Crime Family. Mickey Boy's mother, Connie, carries a secret of an affair that could cost her son his life. Chrissy Augusta, a top mobster's teenage daughter, walks a dangerous tightrope...

Think you know about the mob? About its history and personalities? About the mob busters as well as the killers? Here's just the book to challenge your level of expertise. Twenty-five organized crime crossword puzzles on subjects from Chicago, to Film & TV, to Italy, and more. This will keep you busy for days of relaxation and fun, and will renew your interest to read more and learn more about what is as much about the American experience as the gunslingers of the Wild West. Other available books by Sonny Girard: - Sonny Girard's Mob Reader - Blood of Our Fathers - Sins of Our Sons - Snake...