Books like Octopus by Claire Sterling

When a crime spree forces a family into a Bristow Camino home, LAPD Chief Jeff Talley must negotiate a tense standoff while confronting his own past and a ruthless crime lord.

A true crime investigation into the political machinations of a transnational power bloc known as The Octopus.

The time, 1959 America. The place-a small, entirely corrupt Midwestern burg named Locke City, currently owned top to bottom by homegrown Royal Beaumont. Crippled by a childhood disease, Royal rules from a wheelchair-throne; few, though, have ever doubted that his power is absolute. Or not until now, when rival mobs-one Irish, one Italian-suddenly sense windows of opportunity. They lurk at Locke City's perimeter and sniff around Royal's honey-pots-prostitution, gambling, protection-in a way calculated to cause maximum anxiety. In response, Royal sends for outside help in the form of Walker Dett, a man with the sort of "stillness" to him. Dett is a killer, a hired gun with the war smarts of a Clausewitz. There's plot and counterplot as hard guys maneuver for position and form unlikely alliances. Dett, however, is always in charge, a dodge ahead of his enemies. He schemes, lures and, when at last he pounces, few are left standing. But Dett has a softer side and it catches him unaware. One night, the Angel of Death meets an Earth Angel and, to his astonishment, he falls in love. Life altering for Dett; for thereader unexpectedly moving. A bit of a slow coach in the middle, but it recovers well.

Dennis Lenahan, a daredevil at the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, finds his thrill killed when he witnesses a mob hit during a high-dive, plunging him into a deadly game of organized crime.

A high‑stakes gangster thriller set in the post‑World War II era, following the Corleone family’s ruthless quest for power and retribution across New York and New Orleans.

A general account of American organized crime from the 1920s to the 1980s.

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Former police commander Thomas Reppetto chronicles the rise and fall of America’s Mafia, detailing how the U.S. government made its suppression a national priority through investigations, court battles, and high‑profile attacks.