mafia

The Corleone family nearly falls from power in America, but the organized crime family prevails and power passes from father to son.

Arson investigator Jack Wade, a claims adjuster for California Fire and Life Mutual Insurance Company, is drawn deeper and deeper into an increasingly dangerous situation when he sets out to discover the truth about a fire that killed the young wife of real estate mogul Nicky Vale.

In The Honored Society award-winning investigative reporter Petra Reski reveals the Mafia menace lurking throughout the world? from espresso bars in Palermo to European halls of parliament to the corporate headquarters of enormous agricultural firms. In haunting and exquisite prose she explores the Byzantine structure of the 'Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra and other mafia clans throughout Italy ? the code they live by, the destruction they wreak, how they operate within the country and how they operate internationally.

Even though he is determined to kill former capo Nick Geraci and questions begin to surface regarding the mob's involvement in the assassination of President Jimmy Shea, Michael Corleone tries to legitimize his family name.

Mafia leader Vito Corleone uses his power to influence all aspects of his Long Island society and will stop at nothing to see that his twisted vision of justice is carried out.

Vito Corleone immigrates from Sicily to the United States and founds a Mafia dynasty. Forty years later, his son, Michael, tries to escape his family's criminal legacy while maintaining the famiy honor.