"Borgata, Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia" by Louis Ferrante, Pegasus Books, 400 pages A Louisianan might be attracted initially to Louis Ferrante’s ambitious underworld chronicle ...

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: You could fill a whole library with books about the mob and the history of the Mafia. A brand-new edition stands out thanks to the background of its author, Louis Ferrante. His new ...

Paul Moses’ gripping new book tells a story that begins in Sicily on Friday, March 12, 1909, at 8:45 p.m. Three gunshots thundered in the night, and then a fourth. Two men fled, and investigators soon ...

I was drawn to “Loyalty,” Lisa Scottoline’s historical novel about Sicily, because I’ve enjoyed her novels in the past, and because I’m half Sicilian on my late mother’s side and I visited that ...

For the last 30 years Lisa Scottoline has been churning out best selling novels. A former lawyer, her early books were mostly legal thrillers featuring her character, Benedetta Rosato, and a rotating ...

Host Bob Edwards talks with Leoluca Orlando, the former mayor of Palermo, Italy. During his time in office, Orlando fought the Mafia's hold on Sicily's capital, an effort that earned him the nickname ...