Lee Lamothe is a journalist and novelist. He is the author of Global Mafia, Criminal Acts II, Angels, Mobsters and Narco-terrorists, as well as the bestsellers Bloodlines: The Rise and Fall of the Mafia's Royal Family, The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto and The Last Thief, a novel. He lives in Toronto.
My sister gave me the book. Wonder what message she was sending me. It's possible she knows one or some of these people personally. Sometimes I refer back to the book to remind me what the real underworld is like. Keeps me from getting too naive as I am wont to do.