The Westies
by T. J. English | 
Five Families
by Selwyn Raab | 
The Invention of Murder
by Judith Flanders | 
The Valachi Papers
by Peter Maas |
The Big Con
by David Maurer | 
The Flight of the Falcon
by Robert Lindsey |
H. H. Holmes
by Adam Selzer | 
Gangs
by Tony Thompson | 
American Heiress
by Jeffrey Toobin | 
The Napoleon of Crime
by Ben Macintyre | 
The Burning of Bridget Cleary
by Angela Bourke | 
Black Mass
by Dick Lehr |
Lady Killers
by Tori Telfer | 
Born to Kill
by T. J. English | 
The Savage City
by T. J. English | 
Killers of the Flower Moon
by David Grann | 
The Cases That Haunt Us
by John Douglas | 
The Onion Field
by Joseph Wambaugh | 
Devil's Knot
by Mara Leveritt | 
Wicked Beyond Belief
by Michael Bilton |
Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and untouchable Southie legend. Stretching from the earliest New York and New Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams, union strikes, gang wars, and FBI investigations, Paddy Whacked is a riveting tour de force that restores the Irish American gangster to his rightful preeminent place in our criminal history -- and penetrates to the heart of the American experience.