Murder Machine
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4.2 • 149 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
"The inside story of a single Brooklyn gang that killed more Americans than the Iraqi army."—Mike McAlary, columnist, New York Post
They were the DeMeo gang—the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast.
Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling.
INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mustain and Capeci, reporters for the New York Daily News , here present a feature expose of Roy DeMeo, leader of a pack of especially gruesome hit men known as the Murder Machine. DeMeo's crew was so ``scary,'' according to an FBI agent quoted here, that even then-Mafia don John Gotti was wary of them. By the FBI's estimate, the Murder Machine killed at least 200 people before it was dismantled during the 1980s in what proved to be the longest federal serial murder investigation in history. Mustain and Capeci's main informant about the case was Dominick Montiglio, nephew of a top aide in the Gambino family. DeMeo, in his turn, was killed by a volley of shots fired at close range; his body, stuffed into the trunk of his Cadillac, was found in Brooklyn in January 1983, a week after this devoted father failed to show up for his daughter's birthday party. No one was ever convicted of the murder. In a masterpiece of crime reporting, the authors re-create the DeMeo underworld in gripping detail. Photos not seen by PW .
Customer Reviews
Fantastic book delving into a truly evil group
Truly an incredible, detailed read, I could not stop turning the pages. The authors paint a picture of the seedy streets of 70s New York brilliantly.
Lot of fiction, very sensational but fun read
Capeci is very liberal with facts, poorly researched and self serving hyperbole but it’s a fun book to read.
Amazing non-fiction!
This is a non-fiction book, but it is written so extremely well that it reads like a Grisham thriller. Absolutely engrossing and entertaining!