The #1 New Release in Biographies of Organized Crime
This gripping, true crime story of two rival mob families, vying for power and control of the lucrative liquor business in Springfield, Massachusetts, leading them down a devastating, bloody path of murder, corruption and retaliation. "One of the most gripping true crime stories I have ever read. Be warned: it is not for the faint-hearted." - Reader's Favorite Awards "The most complete, insider history of the Mafia in Springfield, Massachusetts, written to date. A must-read." - Mafia Genealogy The story follows Giuseppe "Joseph" Parisi, who guns down the "King of Bootleggers," a ruthless crime boss, as his limousine idled against the curb. The ferocious and devastating retaliatory attack that follows on Parisi's unsuspecting family and attorney. A car to car exchange of gunfire between mob gunmen on a desolate Connecticut roadway. The electrifying trial had over 2,000 people huddled around the courthouse, awaiting every word uttered from within by Parisi's defense attorney, the future Governor of Massachusetts. The Bootleg Queen, ferociously and savagely ambushed by a gang of ruthless mafia hitmen, marking the first time the mob put a hit on a woman. A notorious gangster, sitting in a barber chair with a towel draped over his shoulders, suddenly a target of a burst of bullets. The insider account of the Springfield Crew's rise during the Prohibition-era, its ties with the Genovese Crime Family, and its evolution into the present day Organized Crime Family. This crime story is 100% true. All names, events and conversations in this book are real and carefully documented from the newspapers of the era, reporter interviews, trial and law enforcement archives, author Nick Parisi's family conversations, as well as the personal diary of alleged killer, Giuseppe "Joseph" Parisi. "An absorbing, intimate, alluring story." -Johnny Mathis, Legendary Singer and Grammy Hall of Famer "Very well written by Author Nick Parisi, he takes readers back to the days of prohibition seen through the eyes of a family member." -New England Wiseguys "One of the best new Organized Crime books." - Book Authority