The origin of organized crime in America vs World Gone By: Which Should You Read?

The origin of organized crime in America David Critchley · 2008 348 pages · ≈ 6 h 27 m · Moderate

While the later history of the New York Mafia has received extensive attention, what has been conspicuously absent until now is an accurate and conversant review of the formative years of Mafia organizational growth.…

World Gone By Dennis Lehane · 2015 ★★★★☆ 4.4 341 pages · ≈ 6 h 19 m · Moderate

Working as a consigliere to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, former crime kingpin Joe Coughlin, who has everything -- money, power, anonymity and a beautiful mistress -- is forced to pay for…