10 Best Crime Organization Mystery Books Delving into the World of Mafia!
Hello, lovers of prose laced with dark alleys, nondescript packages, and unnervingly calm godfathers! Fancy a trip into the underbelly of society, where loyalty is currency and secrets are a deadly game? Well, gather 'round, because we've compiled a can't-miss list of the 10 best crime organization mystery tales that are sure to have you scouring sentences, sniffing out intricacies like a dedicated detective on the mafia's trail.
These books, masterpieces all, spin tales that take you through the grimy backrooms of illegal casinos, into high-profile trials, and even across the family dinner table with faces that might flit between affectionate and murderous at the drop of a hat. Astounding narratives promise to steal your sleep, leaving you with mysteries that unravel through blood-stained cryptic clues, whispers of deceit echoing through imposing mansions, and jarring revelations that pack a powerful punch.
Get ready to immerse yourself in the complex relationships and ruthless power dynamics of the world's most feared crime syndicates. Gritty, realistic, and captivatingly eloquent, these books offer an unyielding glimpse into a world few dare to tread. So, buckle up, brace yourself, and delve headfirst into the dark, fascinating world of mafia with these ten irresistible picks. You're in for a thrilling, chilling ride!
『The Godfather』
A portrait of a Mafia family focuses on the life and times of patriarch Don Vito Corleone, a Sicilian-American godfather, and his sons.
Author | Mario Puzo |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Penguin |
Release Date | Jan 01, 2005 |
Source | Google Books |
『Criminal Conversation』
An assistant district attorney launches a one-man crusade against the Mafia in this legal thriller from the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. The call comes from Narcotics, Manhattan South. A low-level drug dealer just got caught in a buy-bust, and he’s ready to spill his guts. It wouldn’t be a priority—especially not four days before Christmas—but the thug just mentioned the Mafia, and that means all hands on deck. It’s just what Michael Welles has been waiting for. An assistant district attorney with a burning hatred of organized crime, he’ll do anything for a crack at the mob. He’s about to get a chance to bring down the whole clan—but his loved ones’ lives are at stake. The dealer they arrested is an unlucky gambler whose debts put him smack in the middle of two of New York’s most powerful crime families. Following the man’s lead, Michael sets up a massive eavesdropping operation intended to trap the ruthless new leader of the local mob—but what he hears on the other end of the wiretap will make him doubt everything he knows about his family, his wife, and himself. From the legendary Ed McBain, who “virtually invented the American police procedural with his gritty 87th Precinct series,” Criminal Conversation is as realistic as it gets (The New York Times).
Author | Ed McBain |
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Price | $9.99 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Release Date | Oct 25, 2016 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Corsican』
The bestselling saga of crime and international intrigue that lifted the gangster novel to astonishing new heights Dragged from the dank, rat-infested prison cell where he has spent the past few months, Buonaparte Sartene is given a choice: Join the French Resistance or rot in jail for the next seven years. The adopted son of a Corsican Mafia family, Sartene is a thief with a capacity for violence and a knack for subterfuge—valuable tools in the fight against the Nazis. But it is his other great gift—the ability to strike a deal—that changes Sartene’s fortunes for good and propels this blistering, expansive thriller from the frozen forests of occupied France to the steamy jungles of Southeast Asia. In exchange for risking his life against the Germans, Sartene demands not just a pardon, but also the right to settle his family in the French colony of his choice when the war is over. Laos in the late 1940s is a land of delirious opportunity, offering a clean slate even to a man with a past as shadowy as the Corsican’s. It is not long, however, before another government requires his special skills. In league with the OSS, Sartene and his son, Jean, and lieutenants, Auguste and Benito, take control of the Laotian opium trade and force the Communists out. But the price of power is dear, and when a betrayal from within his own organization threatens the one thing that Sartene values more than money and power—his family—he retreats from the drug business. A decade later, it is up to his grandson Pierre, a US intelligence agent stationed in Saigon in the early days of the Vietnam War, to track down the man who murdered his father and double crossed his grandfather—and to enact a terrible and righteous revenge. With its sweeping scope and nonstop action, The Corsican is a thriller as global as crime and as relentless as a vendetta.
Author | William Heffernan |
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Price | $11.99 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Release Date | Jul 08, 2014 |
Source | Google Books |
『Mr. Majestyk』
Vincent Majestyk saw too much death in the jungles of Southeast Asia. All he wants to do now is farm his melons and forget. But peace can be an elusive commodity, even in the Arizona hinterlands -- and especially when the local mob is calling all the shots. And one quiet, proud man's refusal to be strong-armed by a powerful hood is about to start a violent chain reaction that will leave Mr. Majestyk ruined, in shackles, and without a friend in the world -- except for one tough and beautiful woman. But his tormentors never realized something about their mark: this is not his first war. Vince Majestyk knows more than they'll ever know about survival . . . and everything about revenge.
Author | Elmore Leonard |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | HarperTorch |
Release Date | Oct 01, 2002 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Firm』
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller, hailed as “an absolute master” (The Washington Post) “[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller.”—Entertainment Weekly Mitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: they’re young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think. Soon, though, Mitch senses trouble: two of the partners die in a suspicious diving accident off Grand Cayman; the firm’s management is overly proud of the fact that no one has ever resigned; and security measures at the firm, even for a company with billionaire clients, are more than a little stringent. Then, suddenly, Mitch’s vague suspicions come to life. The FBI has the lowdown on Mitch’s firm and needs his help. Now Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The FBI will bust him if he doesn’t cooperate, and the firm will kill him if he does. There’s no way out. Or is there? The story continues in The Exchange, the “breathtaking” (The Wall Street Journal) sequel to The Firm!
Author | John Grisham |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Vintage |
Release Date | Aug 25, 2009 |
Source | Google Books |
『La Donna Detroit』
A wily lady thief is groomed for mafia infamy in this “masterpiece of diabolical design” from the author of Deadman (The New York Times Book Review). Helen Sedlacek thought that when she stole millions from the mob, she’d be running for the rest of her life. So she’s more than a little surprised when mob boss Humphrey DiEbola offers her a job. DiEbola claims that he’s looking to retire. With an eye for ruthless talent, he wants to groom Helen for an executive position by putting her in charge of his illegal cigar factory and seeing what she can do. But when a poker game at DiEbola’s home turns into a shooting gallery, all bets are suddenly off in the Detroit underworld. And police detective “Fang” Mulheisen has to figure out all the angles. Is Helen gaining ground for herself and her gun-happy boyfriend Joe Service? Or is someone else trying to take the entire city for themselves—leaving the competition dead in the streets? This gutsy entry in “one of the wildest and wittiest crime series going” reaffirms Jackson’s place among the greats of thrilling police fiction (Publishers Weekly).
Author | Jon A. Jackson |
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Price | $9.59 |
Publisher | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Release Date | Dec 01, 2007 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Executioner Series Books 1–3』
Introducing “action adventure icon” Mack Bolan as he wages a one-man war against the Mafia—in the first three books of the million-selling series (Los Angeles Times). In the jungles of Southeast Asia, no sniper was more ruthless than Mack Bolan. After twelve years in-country, with ninety-five confirmed kills, the Special Forces sergeant returns to the United States only to find that his father has gone berserk, slaughtering his family before taking his own life. But Bolan knows his old man was no killer: He was under pressure from a gang of Mafia thugs who were after his money—and willing to destroy his life to get it. For the sake of his father, Bolan declares war on the men who drove him mad . . . Now in one volume, these are the first three action-packed novels in the long-running series that has sold more than 200 million copies. If you’re a fan of Rambo, James Bond, or Jack Reacher, it’s time to meet the one and only Mack Bolan—an elite operative with a haunted past pitted against legions of mobsters no one else can take down.
Author | Don Pendleton |
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Price | $21.99 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Release Date | Oct 25, 2016 |
Source | Google Books |
『Shantaram』
The story of a man who escapes from a maximum security facility in Australia and arrives in Bombay, crossroads of the underworld, where he works in an aid station and smuggles drugs and guns.
Author | Gregory David Roberts |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Release Date | Oct 01, 2005 |
Source | Google Books |
『Capo』
A young Sicilian immigrant rises through the ranks of the Mafia in this “mesmerizing” novel that “gives Puzo a run for his money” (Publishers Weekly). Sicily, 1879: After successfully smuggling a severed human ear past the police, Silvio Randazzo completes his dangerous first rite of passage—from peasant boy to Mafia soldier. The ear is a chilling ransom demand from Antonino Greco, Italy’s most famous and feared Mafioso. But it’s not until Randazzo commits his first vendetta killing that he truly “makes his bones” as a worthy member of the society that values honor above all . . . and rewards betrayal with death. New Orleans, 1880: By exterminating the rivals of Angelo Priola—the most powerful gangster in America’s most decadent city—the newly arrived Randazzo makes his mark in the fledgling underworld of his new homeland. As the law closes in on the notorious Greco, and dangerous new players vie for Priola’s territory, the cunning, ruthless, and ever more ambitious Randazzo watches the path clear for his own ascension to the throne of capo—boss of bosses. In the tradition of The Godfather, this “absorbing, historically authentic tale,” inspired by real events, brings to vivid life the bloody and brutal world of the Mafia (The Observer).
Author | Peter Watson |
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Price | $8.99 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Release Date | Nov 28, 2017 |
Source | Google Books |
『Codes of Betrayal』
DIVDIVTo avenge his child, a New York cop vows to tear his own family apart/divDIV On the twentieth floor of a half-finished skyscraper, two brothers-in-law stare each other down. One is Vincent Ventura, a made man who fancies himself a real estate mogul. The other is Danny O’Hara, an honest foreman who’s just seen Ventura’s thugs throw one of his employees to his death. O’Hara doesn’t think Ventura will harm his own kin. He’s wrong. Ventura barely hesitates before pushing his brother-in-law over the edge./divDIV Thirty years later, Nick O’Hara—Danny’s son—is a cop, and Ventura is king of the New York mob. Though he avoids his uncle’s business, Nick makes the mistake of allowing his twelve-year-old son to pay his respects at the old man’s birthday party. A gun battle erupts in Little Italy, and young Peter is caught in the crossfire. As his life collapses around him, Nick risks everything for vengeance—taking on the Italian mob in the name of his son, and the father whom he never knew./divDIV/div/div
Author | Dorothy Uhnak |
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Price | $17.99 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Release Date | Dec 31, 2013 |
Source | Google Books |
Alright, there you have it folks, our intriguing curation of the top 10 crime organization mystery books that will pull you deep into the heart of the mafia world. These masterminds of mystery have skillfully woven tales brimming with thrilling chases, ferocious power struggles, jaw-dropping plot twists and, of course, a dash of that dark, gritty mob atmosphere that keeps us turning pages into the wee hours of the night. Remember though, mafia reads aren't just about the blood, bonds, and betrayal. They're also a fascinating look at the intricate web of power structures, loyalties, and honor that bind these outlaw societies together. Not for the faint-hearted, we assure you, but if you're looking for an adrenaline-packed ride that will grip you from the first page and refuse to let go until the very end, these top picks won't disappoint! Happy reading.
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