The Butcher by Philip Carlo

The Butcher by Philip Carlo

The New York Times bestselling author of Gaspipe and The Ice Man, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy "Karate" Pitera. The Butcher tells the riveting true story of a hit man who loved his work too much--a maniac believed responsible for more than sixty remarkably brutal murders--whom even organized crime's most cold-blooded assassins feared. Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo's The Butcher is destined to be a true crime classic alongside Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi and Underboss by Peter Maas.

Gaspipe, The Butcher, and The Night Stalker were written by Philip Carlo and follow serial killer Richard Ramirez's terrible career. Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, which has the world's greatest Mafia population. Carlo was injured in the head in a gang battle when he was 16, and while recovering, he devoured reading, experiencing the magic of books for the first time. Carlo became a great crime writer thanks to his deep knowledge of Mafia culture--their walk and talk. He died of ALS in 2010.