A go-to book guide inspired by five of the most popular shows of 2020 (so far).
tl;dr: If you loved Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia on Netflix, you should read Manhattan Mafia Guide, Murder Inc, A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City’s Lower East Side, or New York City Gangland
#1 Fear City: New York vs The Mafia (Netflix)
This three-part true crime documentary series chronicles the turbulent time in the 1970s when New York City was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families–until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.
If you couldn’t get enough of this high-octane history, read these:
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tl;dr: If you loved Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia on Netflix, you should read Manhattan Mafia Guide, Murder Inc, A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City’s Lower East Side, or New York City Gangland
#2 I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO MAX)
The Visalia Ransacker. The Original Night Stalker. The Diamond Knot Killer: these are the names given to the perpetrators of crimes all over California in the 1970s and 1980s, cases of rape and murder that sat unsolved for over 40 years until 2018 when a familial DNA match led to a startling realization: they were all the same man.
A six-part documentary series based on the book of the same name,I’ll Be Gone In The Dark explores writer Michelle McNamara’s investigation into the dark world of this violent predator, the man she dubbed “The Golden State Killer.”
If you couldn’t get enough of this fascinating documentary or the book that inspired it, read these:
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