Wensley Clarkson - Doctors of Death: Ten True Crime Stories of Doctors Who Kill

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A COPS TALE: NYPD THE VIOLENT YEARS

Jim ONeil and Mel Fazzino

A Cops Tale focuses on New York Citys most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s to early 1980s. Jim ONeila former NYPD copdelivers a rare look at the brand of law enforcement that ended Frank Lucass grip on the Harlem drug trade, his cracking open of the Black Liberation Army case, and his experience as the first cop on the scene at the Dog Day Afternoon bank robbery. A gritty, heart-stopping account of a bygone era, A Cops Tale depicts the willingness of one of New Yorks finest to get as down-and-dirty as the criminals he faced while protecting the citizens of the city he loved.

Hardcover 978-1-56980-372-1

Paperback 978-1-56980-509-1

BLACK GANGSTERS OF CHICAGO

Ron Chepesiuk

Chicagos African American gangsters were every bit as powerful and intriguing as the citys fabled white mobsters. In this fascinating narrative history, author Ron Chepesiuk profiles the key players in the nations largest black organized crime population and traces the murderous evolution of the gangs and rackets that define Chicagos violent underworld.

Hardcover 978-1-56980-331-8

Paperback 978-1-56980-505-3

BLOOD AND VOLUME: INSIDE NEW YORKS ISRAELI MAFIA

Dave Copeland

Ron Gonen, together with pals Johnny Attias and Ron Efraim, ran a multimillion-dollar drug distribution and contract murder syndicate in 1980s New York. But when the FBI caught up, Gonen had to choose between doing the right thing and ending up dead.

Hardcover 978-1-56980-327-1

BRONX D.A. TRUE STORIES FROM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEX CRIMES UNIT

Sarena Straus

If you dealt with violence all day, how long would it be before you burned out? Sarena Straus was a prosecutor in the Bronx District Attorneys office, working in an area of the Bronx with the highest crime and poverty rates in America. This book chronicles her experience during her three-year stint with the Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Unit, combating crimes and women and children and details how and why she finally had to give up the job.

Hardcover 978-1-56980-305-9

CIGAR CITY MAFIA: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE TAMPA UNDERWORLD

Scott M. Deitche

Prohibition-era Little Havana housed Tampas cigar industry, and with it, bootleggers, arsonists, and mobstersplus a network of corrupt police officers worse than the criminals themselves. Scott M. Deitche documents the rise of the infamous Trafficante family, ruthless competitors in a violent, shifting place, where loyalties and power quickly changed.

Paperback 978-1-56980-287-8

CONFESSIONS OF A SECOND STORY MAN: JUNIOR KRIPPLEBAUER AND THE K&A GANG

Allen M. Hornblum

From the 1950s through the 1970s, the ragtag crew known as the K&A gang robbed wealthy suburban neighborhoods with assembly-line skills. Hornblum tells the strange-but-true story thru interviews, police records and historical research, including the transformation of the K&A Gang from a group of blue collar thieves to their work in conjunction with numerous organized crime families helping to make Philadelphia the meth capital of the nation.

Paperback 978-1-56980-313-4

DOCTORS OF DEATH TEN TRUE CRIME STORIES OF DOCTORS WHO KILL

Wensley Clarkson

These mystifying and spine-tingling stories are just what the doctor ordered and they are all true. Doctors of Death presents ten hair-raising real life accounts of killing and mayhem in medical training ultimately causing others to die. With a sharp eye for the sort of detail that only true cases can have, they are woven together with some of the most horrifying killings that ever occurred.

Paperback 978-1-56980-806-1

FRANK NITTI: THE TRUE STORY OF CHICAGOS NOTORIOUS ENFORCER

Ronald D. Humble

Frank The Enforcer Nitti is arguably the most glamorized gangster in history. Though he has been widely mentioned in fictional works, this is the first book to document Nittis real-life criminal career alongside his pop culture persona, with special chapters devoted to the many television shows, movies and songs featuring Nitti.

Hardcover 978-1-56980-342-4

GAMING THE GAME: THE STORY BEHIND THE NBA BETTING SCANDAL AND THE GAMBLER WHO MADE IT HAPPEN

Sean Patrick Griffin

In June 2007, the FBI informed the NBA that one of its referees, Tim Donaghy, was the subject of a probe into illegal gambling. With Donaghy betting on games he officiated, a trail unraveled that led to the involvement of Donaghys childhood friend and professional gambler Jimmy Battista. Researched with dozens of interviews, betting records, court documents and with access to witness statements and confidential law enforcement files, this book is a must-read for any NBA fan.

Paperback 978-1-56980-475-9

GANGSTER CITY: THE HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK UNDERWORLD 1900-1935

Patrick Downey

This is an illustrated treasure trove of information about New York Citys gangsters from 1900 through the 1930s. Told in depth are the exploits of Jewish, Italian and Chinese gangsters during New York Citys golden age of crime. No other book delivers such extensive detail on the lives, crimes and dramatic endings of this ruthless cast of characters, including Jack Legs Diamond and the sadistic Dutch Schultz.

Paperback 978-1-56980-361-5

GANGSTERS OF HARLEM: THE GRITTY UNDERWORLD OF NEW YORKS MOST FAMOUS NEIGHBORHOOD

Ron Chepesiuk

Author Ron Chepesiuk creates the first comprehensive, accurate portrait of Harlem gangs from their inception, detailing the stories of the influential famed gangsters who dominated organized crime in Harlem from the early 1900s through the present. In this riveting documentation, Chepesiuk tells this little known story through in-depth profiles of the major gangs and motley gangsters including Nicky Barnes, Bumpy Johnson and Frank Lucas.

Paperback 978-1-56980-365-3

GANGSTERS OF MIAMI: TRUE TALES OF MOBSTERS, GAMBLERS, HIT MEN, CON MEN AND GANG BANGERS FROM THE MAGIC CITY

Ron Chepesiuk

Miami has been the home for a colorful variety of gangsters from its early days to the modern period. These include the notorious smugglers of the Prohibition era, famous mobsters like Al Capone and Meyer Lansky who helped make Miami a gambling Mecca, the Cuban Mafia which arrived after Cuba fell to Castro, the Colombian cartels during the cocaine explosion, the Russian mafia after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the street gangs that plagued Miami after the advent of crack cocaine.

Paperback 978-1-56980-500-8

ILL DO MY OWN DAMN KILLIN: BENNY BINION, HERBERT NOBLE AND THE TEXAS GAMBLING WAR

Gary W. Sleeper

People know of the notorious Benny Binion for opening the Horseshoe and becoming the most successful casino owner in Las Vegas. But before he became the patron saint of World Series Poker, Binion led the Texas underground in a vicious, nefarious gambling war that lasted over fifteen years. Author Gary Sleeper presents the previously unseen details of Benny Binions life leading up to his infamous Las Vegas days, when he became the owner of the most successful casino in the world.

Paperback 978-1-56980-321-9

IL DOTTORE: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF A MAFIA DOCTOR

Ron Felber

The inspiration for Fox TVs drama series, Mob Doctor, IL DOTTORE is the riveting true story of a Jewish kid from the Bronx who became a Mafia insider and physician to top NY Mafia dons such as John Gotti, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and Joe Bonanno. Eventually, he had to make a choice between loyalty to the mob and remaining true to his Hippocratic Oath, all under the watchful eye of New Yorks top federal prosecutor, Rudolph Giuliani.

Paperback 978-1-56980-491-9