The secret rulers;: Criminal syndicates and how they control the U.S. underworld,

373 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket. reading copy. FICTION. Here is a story of men who have brought governors to heel, who from spots with such unlikely names as the Elbow Room and Joe's Italian Kitchen spread a trail of dope, dice, and death from one end of the nation to the other, and made Cosa Nostra a household term. (Key Words: Fiction, Fred J. Cook, Criminal Syndicates, Cosa Nostra, Gangsters, Underworld, Crime).