Murder, Inc.: The Story Of The Syndicate
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Murder, Inc. is a true-crime account of the national syndicate that carried out contract killings across the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Written by Burton B. Turkus, a former Brooklyn prosecutor, with help from journalist Sid Feder, the book traces how Sicilian and Jewish mobsters joined forces to run gambling, prostitution, labor racketeering and a murder-for-hire operation hidden behind a Brooklyn candy store.
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The authors walk readers through the organization from the inside, showing its leaders, its hired killers and the investigation that finally brought it into the open. The account reads like a thriller, though every event is drawn from real history. This edition adds a new foreword and portraits of the gangsters involved, bringing the story to a new generation of readers.
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