Latest from popular crime novelist Don Winslow delves into 1980s Mafia drama
Don Winslow, an author known to many in recent years for stories about cartel violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, has released a novel set in Rhode Island, a small New England state that once had a large Mafia presence. The first in a trilogy, City on Fire centers on a war during the 1980s between Irish and Italian mobsters in the state’s capital, Providence. At first, the two factions remain on respectful terms, but then a member of the Irish crime family inappropriately touches a woman dating one of the Italian mobsters. This drives a wedge between the groups that escalates when ...
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‘Godfather’ castmates remember James Caan
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As Americans opened their newspapers on June 21, 1947, they saw large headlines about the murder of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel,…
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HBO Max series ‘Tokyo Vice’ explores Japan’s criminal underworld
A new television drama series, available in its entirety on HBO Max, focuses on organized crime in Japan, featuring a…
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Three charged in Hells Angels shooting of rival Vagos riders during Memorial Day weekend
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Stuffing murder victims in barrels a common practice since mid-19th century
In April 1858, workers at the Hudson Valley Railroad’s freight house smelled an awful stench coming from a wooden barrel…
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U.S., European agencies target Irish crime group led by boxing promoter
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