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  • GANGSTER. by Carcaterrra, Lorenzo.
    Carcaterrra, Lorenzo.
    GANGSTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fourth book, one which captures the "gritty, frightening and conflicted world of organized crime - and the human beings who inhabit it - with honesty and depth." (Robert Crais) SIGNED on the title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-34540100X.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 75399
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  • Crawford, Max (1938-2010)
    SIX KEY CUT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A foray into crime fiction by the author of "Lords of the Plains", a Western set in his native Texas. By contrast, this is an extremely violent book set in the seamy underside of Miami. "A clever scheme to steal drugs from Colombian racketeers makes it necessary for two young people to fake their own deaths to avoid retribution. Their bungled attempt, which requires the dead bodies of two derelicts, sets off a series of events involving wealthy New Yorkers, corrupt cops, vengeful winos, and maddened mobsters. The action moves through alleys, bars, and mansions, creating en route a string of corpses." (Reed) 224 pp. ISBN: 0-689117787.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 92730
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  • NAPLES 1343: The Unexpected Origins of the Mafia. by Feniello, Amedeo.
    Feniello, Amedeo.
    NAPLES 1343: The Unexpected Origins of the Mafia.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (ARC, trade paperback format. )

    New York: Other Press, (2024). First edition - A book which offers a fresh perspective on the early Mafia. "Feniello's book has two beginnings - just as it has two themes- united across the centuries by socioeconomic and political structures. The first, just outside the contemporary Naples of the film Gomorrah - recounts a 2005 triple murder by the Camorra: a back-street assassination over turf initially met with official indifference and local silence. The second, recounted as impressionistically as the first, is also about a murder: this one in 1343 on the Bay of Naples, of a Genoese sea captain, and the theft of his cargo of meat and grain by another highly organized Neapolitan gang on a ship…

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    New York: Other Press, (2024). First edition - A book which offers a fresh perspective on the early Mafia. "Feniello's book has two beginnings - just as it has two themes- united across the centuries by socioeconomic and political structures. The first, just outside the contemporary Naples of the film Gomorrah - recounts a 2005 triple murder by the Camorra: a back-street assassination over turf initially met with official indifference and local silence. The second, recounted as impressionistically as the first, is also about a murder: this one in 1343 on the Bay of Naples, of a Genoese sea captain, and the theft of his cargo of meat and grain by another highly organized Neapolitan gang on a ship outfitted and directed by the barony of one of Naples chief seggi or rioni. Feniello's comparison is more than a facile device. At this book's heart lie the connections between Naples' modern system of organized crime and its medieval social system." (Ronald G. Musto) Translated by Antony Shugaar. Glossary, notes, bibliography. x, 323 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 91910
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  • BLOOD SALT WATER. by Mina, Denise.
    Mina, Denise.
    BLOOD SALT WATER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Little Brown, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel featuring Glasgow police Detective Alex Morrow who becomes involved in investigating the criminal underbelly of a seemingly tranquil seaside town. Roxanna Fuentecilla, a gorgeous Spanish mother of two school age children is "Morrow's prime suspect in an investigation that resembles a soap opera, filled with glamorous jetsetters and enough money to interest the highest levels of law enforcement. Until Roxanna vanishes. Morrow traces Roxanna's steps to Helensburgh, a sleepy, picturesque seaside community. But behind the idyllic Victorian homes and quaint storefronts, darkness lurks. With a crew of vicious small-time gangsters blindly following orders, it's a town ruled by base instincts where no one is quite what…

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    New York: Little Brown, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel featuring Glasgow police Detective Alex Morrow who becomes involved in investigating the criminal underbelly of a seemingly tranquil seaside town. Roxanna Fuentecilla, a gorgeous Spanish mother of two school age children is "Morrow's prime suspect in an investigation that resembles a soap opera, filled with glamorous jetsetters and enough money to interest the highest levels of law enforcement. Until Roxanna vanishes. Morrow traces Roxanna's steps to Helensburgh, a sleepy, picturesque seaside community. But behind the idyllic Victorian homes and quaint storefronts, darkness lurks. With a crew of vicious small-time gangsters blindly following orders, it's a town ruled by base instincts where no one is quite what they seem. And it's the perfect place to get rid of someone." 295 pp. ISBN: 978-0316380546.

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    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 91014
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  • CITY ON FIRE. by Winslow, Don.
    Winslow, Don.
    CITY ON FIRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel in an epic new crime trilogy, set in New England in the 1980s and focusing on Danny Ryan, and themes of family, love, honour, loyalty and betrayal amongst the Irish and Italian mobsters who have until now co-existed peacefully in Providence, Rhode Island. A contemporary retelling of the Iliad. 371 pp. ISBN: 978-0062851192.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89012
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