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The Canary Sang but Couldn't Fly: The Fatal Fall of Abe Reles, the Mobster Who Shattered Murder, Inc.'s Code of Silence - Couverture rigide

Elmaleh, Edmund

 
9781402761133: The Canary Sang but Couldn't Fly: The Fatal Fall of Abe Reles, the Mobster Who Shattered Murder, Inc.'s Code of Silence
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1402761139 ISBN 13 : 9781402761133
Editeur : Union Square Press, 2009

Synopsis

It remains one of the most enduring mysteries in gangland lore: in 1941, while Abe Reles and three other key informants were under round-the-clock NYPD protection, the ruthless and powerful thug took a deadly plunge from the window of a Coney Island hotel. The first criminal of his stature to break the underworld's code of silence, he had begun 'singing' for the courts - giving devastating testimony that implicated former cronies - with more to come. With cops around him day and night, how could Abe have gone out the window? Did he try to escape? Did a hit man break in? Or did someone in the 'squealer's suite' murder him? Here's the gripping story, packed with political machinations, legal sleight-of-hand, mob violence - and finally, a proposed answer to the question: how did Abe Reles really die.

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À propos de l'auteur

Edmund Elmaleh was born in New York City and currently works for the Chicago Board of Trade. He is affiliated with the International Association of Crime Writers and the Organization of American Historians. This is his first book.

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Éditeur
Union Square Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1402761139
ISBN 13 
9781402761133
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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