Stolen Flower

by Philip Carlo

When photographs of a kidnapped ten-year-old girl appear in a Dutch magazine devoted to child sex, the distraught family hires ex-cop Frank De Nardo to try to get the child back.

Genres: Fiction

228 pages, Hardcover

First published October 16, 1986

About the author

Philip Carlo was the author of The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, his New York Times bestselling book about Richard “Ice Man” Kuklinski, murderer of 200 people and a favorite among all seven of the East Coast crime families. He was also the author of Gaspipe, The Butcher, and The Night Stalker, which chronicles the brutal career of serial killer Richard Ramirez. Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, amidst the world’s highest concentration of Mafia members. When he was 16, Carlo was shot in the head in a gang war, and while recuperating, he read voraciously, discovering the magic of books for the first time. His intimate knowledge of Mafia culture—their walk and their talk—helped Carlo become a successful crime writer. He died in 2010 from ALS.

Reviews

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been a fan of Philip Carlo’s true crime books including the Night Stalker and his various mafia biographies. I figured I would check out some of his fiction work. This was fairly light read but enjoyable.