Two Book Boxed Set: Revenge on Mulberry Street & Revenge in Chinatown: The New York City Mafia/Tong Wars

Revenge on Mulberry Street: It was 1984, and high-class hooker and coke addict Diane Hamilton was found murdered with a gold chain attached to a gold boxing glove held tightly in her lifeless hand. She was set to be the surprise witness in an upcoming Mafia trial, but dead people can’t testify.

Professional boxer and limousine driver Johnny Russo, who was the owner of the aforementioned gold chain and gold boxing glove, had his back against the wall. He was being accused of a murder he didn’t commit, and he was being framed, most likely by his uncle Carlo Russo, the head Mafioso in Manhattan’s Little Italy. But the forces against Johnny were so powerful, and since the police were confident he was the killer, he had no choice but to go on the lam and try to find the killer himself.

Johnny had the help of his best friend and attorney Mark Marino, and also of his Aunt Rita, the wife of Johnny’s uncle and the tragic former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Johnny Italiano, for whom Johnny Russo had been named. But that just wasn’t enough, and Johnny was set to take the fall for a crime he didn’t commit.

What happened next was a surprising turn of events ignited by a three-decades-old quadruple murder committed by Carlo Russo and his Luca Brazi-type enforcer - Butch Salerno.

Revenge on Mulberry Street, a novel in which “Rocky” meets “The Godfather,” proves, beyond any doubt, that revenge tastes best when it’s served up cold.

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About the author: Joe Bruno was born and raised in Manhattan's Little Italy, and he lived on the Lower East Side for 48 years.

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Revenge in Chinatown: The New York City Mafia/Tong Wars (Chinatown Mob Wars Book 1)

Snakeheads are the worst human beings known to man.

Snakeheads are Chinese gangsters, based both in China and in the United States, who smuggle Chinese immigrants into the United States.

The price is not cheap; $50,000 a head. And the process is brutal.

Because the Chinese people who yearn for a better life are dirt poor, a small percentage of the smuggling money is paid up front to the Snakeheads. However, the collection of the balance is certain; or bad things happen to the illegal Chinese immigrants: beatings, torture, and sometimes even death.

When they arrive in America, the illegal immigrants work in Chinese restaurants, for pennies an hour. They labor in hot kitchens for 12-18 hours a day, and after work, they are chained in a filthy room so they cannot escape.

If one of them does manage to escape, their relatives in China are punished instead.

“Revenge in Chinatown: The New York City Mafia/Tong Wars " is set in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where the Italian-American mob tries to horn in on the immense profits generated by the Snakeheads' human smuggling operation. The Italians want their piece of the action, and the Chinese gangsters resist – violently.

Thrust into the middle of this warfare is an Italian-America detective, who falls in love with a Chinese businesswoman. Together, they attempt to eradicate the villains who profit on the backs of the poor illegal Chinese immigrants.

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