Books like Family secrets by Jeff Coen

In 1950, a congressional probe into organized crime ignites a Chicago mob war that kills the partner of private detective Nathan Heller, who returns home to hunt the killer.

Unveiling the Shadows of Organized Crime: The Life of Clyde Smaldone

Gaspipe tells the full story of Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the former Lucchese family boss whose life of crime—drug trafficking, racketeering, and alliances with Russian mobsters—ended in federal prison after he became an informant.

Mike Dash unravels the rise of Italian organized crime in America, focusing on the pioneering Mafia figure Giuseppe Morello, "The Clutch Hand," and his network in early 20th‑century New York.

A harrowing account of the terrifying crimes of the Sexton family, chronicling incest, sexual and physical abuse, and multiple murders that led to Eddie Lee Sexton’s conviction and death sentence.

"For six terrifying months in 1911-1912, the citizens of Paris were gripped by a violent crime streak. A group of bandits went on a rampage throughout the city and its suburbs, robbing banks and wealthy Parisians, killing anyone who got in their way, and always managing to stay one step ahead of the police. But Jules Bonnot and the Bonnot Gang weren't just ordinary criminals; they were anarchists, motivated by the rampant inequality and poverty in Paris. John Merriman tells this story through the eyes of two young, idealistic lovers: Victor Kibaltchiche (later the famed Russian revolutionary and writer Victor Serge) and Rirette Maîtrejean, who chronicled the Bonnot crime spree in the radical newspaper L'Anarchie. While wealthy Parisians frequented restaurants on the Champs-Élysées, attended performances at the magnificent new opera house, and enjoyed the decadence of the so-called Belle Époque, Victor, Rirette, and their friends occupied a vast sprawl of dank apartments, bleak canals, and smoky factories. Victor and Rirette rejected the violence of Bonnot and his cronies, but to the police it made no difference. Victor was imprisoned for years for his anarchist beliefs, Bonnot was hunted down and shot dead, and his fellow bandits were sentenced to death by guillotine or lifelong imprisonment. Fast-paced and gripping, Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits is a tale of idealists and lost causes--and a vivid evocation of Paris in the dizzying years before the horrors of World War I were unleashed."--Jacket flaps.

A gripping true‑crime account of the Tate–LaBianca murders, revealing Ed Sanders’ exclusive access to the Manson family, their Spahn Ranch hideaways, and the trial’s behind‑the‑scenes dynamics with defense counsel and investigators.

In his memoir, Albert DeMeo reveals the conflicted life of growing up as the son of the notorious Gambino Mafia killer Roy DeMeo, detailing the hidden legacy of organized crime in New York.