Murder Machine

This is a truly unique story and the depths of depravity that Roy & his crew sank to are truly unprecedented in the anals of organized crime ! The story is well researched and well written by the author. Pictures of the main players are included and understandably there are no grisly crime scene pictures in the book because most of the victims of the DeMeo crew wound up in the Fountain avenue dump !There are lots of fascinating characters in this book not least Danielle Deneux and you will realise why towards the end of the book ! Other fascinating people who crossed the paths of the crew include Cherie Golden, Babette Questal and Andrei Katz, at this point I should advise potential readers to look out for a particular detail of what Andrei Katz (a self professed ladies man I should add !) was wearing underneath for his date with Babette Questal on his fateful night ! The story is captivating and amazing in the sense that even Roy ,despite what he did, really loved Chris Rosenberg ….I like the way the author really went inside the lives of the players involved and the story almost unfolds like a soap and its at the end that the true extent of the destruction is apparent – its hard believe the events described really happened but they did - What a story . !

A very detailed, well written and well researched journey through one particularly seedy and violent corner of the Brooklyn underworld.I'd heard of Dominick Montiglio, 'Nino' Gaggi and Roy De Meo in other books and TV documentaries, and I think this is probably the most in depth coverage of their story. It's put together well from news stories, and interviews with various protagonists - Montiglio, most notably. Most people buying this book will already know this, but it's the story of De Meo's mafia crew and their penchant for murder at seemingly every opportunity.The setting for De Meo's murderous goings on is well drawn - I hope Flatlands and Canarsie are nicer than they sound in this book; I'm sure they are! The cast of characters is well drawn too - which gives the book more of a melodramatic, rather than simply journalistic, feel.As with many of these mob tales, it's hard to see why people would really want to be an out-and-out gangster; the money, yes, but they all seem to end up suffering a grisly and premature death (usually at the hands of their 'friends'), or in prison for the rest of their lives. Morality rarely comes into it, although Montiglio comes accross as having some sort of conscience - effectively ruling him out of life as a 'made man'.A catalogue of murder and money by writers who have done their homework.

This is a great read, but during the read it was hard to ignore how ridiculously biased in favour of the main character Dominic it was, portaying him as a war hero almost forced into mafia life, explaining his life in the mafia in almost flattering tones. Also, the author continually insults Roy DeMeo, calling him a fat bully, yet leaves other characters untouched. I'm not sure who the sources were for this book, but I can't help feeling a number of characters were painted in a more flattering light than others. Another good book is by Roy DeMeo's son Albert in "For the Sins of my Father", which describes his side of the character his Father was, and what life as a family member involved in the mafia is truly like.Summary - worth reading and incredible what happened overall, but not necessarily 100% accurate.

Arrived promptly as always. Bought for a present so I can't comment but if you like stories about Mafia then this is the book for you

It’s not the worst book on the mob I’ve ever read but it’s certainly not the best either . It’s ok but does not live up to the hype I’m afraid .