Author:
Black, Matthew (Writer) author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023]
Descriptionviii, 373 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Prologue -- Cerberus at the gates -- An unholy alliance -- Operation Underworld -- "The devil himself" -- A deal with the devil -- The enemy arrives -- Surreptitious entry -- Thick as thieves -- Spying on spies -- When you dance with the devil... -- Black January -- The devil's in the details -- Desperate measures -- Unfinished business -- Banished from heaven -- The hopeless sinners -- Afterword -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index.
Note:An improbable tale of espionage and crime recounts the Allied war effort's clandestine coalition between the Mafia and the U.S. government to protect New York Harbor against sabotage and assist in the 1943 U.S. invasion of Sicily.
