Ovid Demaris: 4 books

CHARLES “LUCKY” LUCIANO was an Organization Man with a difference. The organization he belonged to was The Mafia—a natural setup for a vicious thug with unlimited ambition and a heart of ice. Murder by murder, rape by rape, he established the biggest chair of brothels ever seen in New York....

The American people were aroused to a white-hot anger. Clergymen of all faiths joined in prayer. Messages of sympathy came in from presidents, prime ministers, dictators, friends, crackpots, the morbid, the curious… THE LINDBERGH BABY HAD BEEN KIDNAPED! State, city and federal law...

Lieutenant Sam Johnson sat listening intently as the police psychologist spoke. “I’m afraid we’re dealing with another sex crime. There’s no question about it—think of how the bodies were mutilated. Also this killer will strike without reason or motive, and he will strike again and again...

RICH MAN, CON MAN, ASSASSIN, THIEF…THEY PLAYED THE OLDEST—AND DEADLIEST—OF GAMES They came at their victims from all sides. Bastiano—the feeble-minded monster whose brain knew nothing but the art of assault and mayhem... Angelo—who understood what a bottle of acid could...