{"product_id":"a-brotherhood-betrayed-the-man-behind-the-rise-and-fall-of-murder-inc-paperback","title":"A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc. - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Cannell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a turning point in Mob history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1941, a momentous trial was underway that threatened to end the careers and lives of New York's most brutal mob kingpins. The lead witness, Abe Reles, had been a trusted executioner for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of a coast-to-coast mob network known as the Commission. But the man responsible for coolly silencing hundreds of informants was about to become the most talkative snitch of all. In exchange for police protection, Reles was prepared to rat out his murderous friends, from Albert Anastasia to Bugsy Siegel--but before he could testify, his shattered body was discovered on a rooftop outside his heavily-guarded hotel room. Was it a botched escape, or punishment for betraying the loyalty of the country's most powerful mobsters? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Cannell's \u003ci\u003eA Brotherhood Betrayed\u003c\/i\u003e traces the history of Murder, Inc. through Reles' rise from street punk to murder chieftain to stool pigeon, ending with his fateful death on a Coney Island rooftop. It resurrects a time when crime became \u003ci\u003eorganized crime\u003c\/i\u003e: a world of money and power, depravity and corruption, street corner ambushes and elaborately choreographed hits by wise-cracking foot soldiers with names like Buggsy Goldstein and Tick Tock Tannenbaum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a brief moment before World War II erupted, America fixated on the delicate balance of trust and betrayal on the Brooklyn streets. This is the story of the one man who tipped the balance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL CANNELL is the author of \u003ci\u003eIncendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eI.M. Pei: Mandarin of Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e. He was an editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003efor seven years and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated, \u003c\/i\u003eand many other publications. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.32 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49154881781912,"sku":"9781250204394","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/UEhmWmIyV1QvRUIvNEtaZi9aKzBTZz09.webp?v=1779663242","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brotherhood-betrayed-the-man-behind-the-rise-and-fall-of-murder-inc-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}