The Mafia Chronicles Series by Peter McCurtin
The Mafia Chronicles #1
Mafioso
Peter McCurtin
Nick Lanzetta. Born Brooklyn, N.Y. 1933. Occupation: Mafia soldier. Specialty: murder. Expert with pistol, rifle, machine gun. Has been known to use an icepick, a length of piano wire, or his bare hands. Arrested 17 times, twice for first degree homicide. No convictions since juvenile convictions for auto theft. A graduate of the old South Brooklyn gang called The Rangers, Lanzetta was admitted to membership in the Mafia under the sponsorship of Joseph Daniello, caporegime in the notorious DiSalvo Family. Since then, according to FBI reports, he has committed at least 40 murders, earning a reputation as the most feared killer on the east coast. Now 37, he thinks it's time he moved up in the Organization.
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The Mafia Chronicles #2
Cosa Nostra (The Mafia Chronicles #2)
Peter McCurtin
A bloody power struggle was boiling up inside the Mafia, with the Boston and Montreal mobs fighting over the state of Maine, the last open territory in the Northeast. The Godfather heard both sides and decided Boston had first crack at the big takeover. But they had to make it fast or lose the whole bundle.The boys picked out a town, Chapmans Corners, not much of a town but to get it they were ready to use anything—bribery, blackmail, sex, murder. They came with money and guns, the ruthless force of Cosa Nostra behind them, and only one man even thought about stopping them.Greeley, the cynical, hard-drinking crooked cop, had done some dirty things in his life, but there were limits ... and Greeley had just reached his.
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