An exciting new history of the Mafia's rise to power in early twentieth-century New York.

Tells the gripping story of Charley Becker's rise and fall, and the murder trials that led to his gruesome death in the electric chair.

The true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny - 'An adult version of LORD OF THE FLIES that is, moreover, entirely true' Evening Standard

For nearly two centuries, Thugs haunted the roads of India, slaughtering travellers whom they met along the way. The author, based on research tells the story of the Thugs' rise and fall from its beginnings in the late seventeenth century, to its demise at the hands of British officer William Sleeman, in 1840.

Nearly ten million men and women have served the United States as police officers. Only one has been executed for murder. This title opens up the world of twentieth century New York, and tells the gripping story of Charley Becker's rise and fall, and the two sensational murder trials that led to his gruesome death in the electric chair.

Reveling in the Summer Solstice and feeling the grass beneath its feet as it cavorts into the inner circle of the sacred and secretive structure, this book unearths the teeming years of investigation that have been ploughed into the site, and profiles the scholars and creative minds that the stone circle has fascinated.

An exciting new history of the Mafia's rise in early 20th-century New York and how the forgotten Morello gang became the New World's first godfather