Mafia Enforcer

by Cecil Kirby, Thomas C. Renner

An assassin turned state's witness, recounts his career in organized crime and describes the motives behind Mafia-arranged murders, extortion, arson, and bombings

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 1987

Reviews

[Tony Mistretta · Rating 3 out of 5]

First hand account by a man who was first a high-ranking member of a bike gang and then similarly a high-ranking enforcer for a mafia gang that operated out of Toronto and had far reaches into parts of the United States. The author, a hardened criminal who credits his success to knowing how to fight, turns to the Canadian law authorities to become an informant after he believed that his own life was in danger from people he had worked closely with, whom he no longer trusted. His cooperation with the authorities led to several convictions of mafia top leaders and lives of potential victims saved.

[Adam Foster · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another mafia memoir, where the guy turns state evidence to save his own skin, then moans that he didn't get the medal he thought he deserved. Not a bad read, but not a especially good one either.