The Black Hand
Subtitle: the epic war between a brilliant detective and the deadliest secret society in American history
By: Stephan Talty
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780544633384
Subjects: Organized crime; Murder; Italians; Crimes against; Case studies; Italian Americans; Mafia; Extortion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: "a great and consuming terror"; title: "This capital of half a world"; title: Hunter of men; title: "In mortal dread"; title: The mysterious six; title: A general rebellion; title: Explosion; title: Wave; title: The General; title: "The terror of hurtful people"; title: "Once to be born, once to die"; title: War without quarter; title: The city of living death; title: Backlash; title: A secret service; title: The gentleman; title: In Sicily; title: Black horses; title: Goatville; title: A return.