Books like Mob boss by Jerry Capeci

The book chronicles the rise and fall of Alfonso "Little Al" D’Arco, the Luchese crime family’s head who, in 1991, became the highest‑ranking mobster ever to testify against his own organization. His testimony led to the imprisonment of more than fifty mobsters and prompted others, including John Gotti’s right‑hand man Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano, to cooperate with authorities. Drawing on D’Arco’s own account and extensive investigative reporting, authors Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins expose the network of crimes that defined New York’s Mafia: from clandestine heroin transactions in Ray’s Pizza to covert hit‑man operations masquerading as women, and even plots such as Crazy Joe Gallo’s plan to kidnap the son of journalist Jimmy Breslin. The biography offers a comprehensive look at the culture, operations, and eventual downfall of the city’s most notorious gangland families.

First publish date: 2013