PETER EDWARDS is the organized-crime beat reporter for the Toronto
Star and the bestselling author of seventeen non-fiction books and
one young adult novel. His works have been published in four
languages. Edwards is a member of Top Left Entertainment, a
production development company, and an executive producer for the
Citytv series Bad Blood, created by New Metric Media and aired on
Netflix. His book One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police and the
Ipperwash Crisis was made into the Gemini Award–winning movie One
Dead Indian by Sienna Films that aired on CTV. Edwards was awarded
an eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians and a gold medal
from the Centre for Human Rights. His book Delusion (published in
Europe as The Infiltrator) is on the CIA’s recommended reading list
for staff and agents.
ANTONIO NICASO is a bestselling author of 27 books on organized
crime, a regular consultant to governments and law-enforcement
agencies, a keynote speaker at symposia around the world, and a
lecturer at several universities. He teaches postgraduate courses
on the history of organized crime at School of Languages of
Middlebury College at Mills (California). In Italy, Nicaso has
co-authored 9 bestselling books, including La Malapianta (The Bad
Seed, Mondadori), which sold more than 110,000 copies in its first
year of publication.
“Could possibly be one of the best reads of the 2015 mafia
books . . . offers a seldom seen look into the Montreal
mafia and the Rizzuto crime family.” —About The Mafia
“The Rizzuto family story . . . seems like the perfect plot for
another The Godfather film.” —Justine Lewkowicz,
NewsTalk1010.com
“Edwards and Nicaso do a fine job of connecting the dots of
criminal enterprises spanning several decades in numerous countries
and including various ethno-cultural groups. . . . The authors have
done exhaustive research to provide readers with the necessary
background regarding organized crime in Quebec, eastern Ontario,
Italy and the U.S. Their research includes information that could
only be gleaned from those close to the action. . . . In Business
or Blood, fans of the true-crime genre have a comprehensive telling
of a recent, bloody chapter of Canadian organized-crime history. It
explores the reasons mass bloodlettings take place and the
repercussions for organized crime and society.” —Winnipeg Free
Press
“You may be astonished at how much money, power and influence the
real-life Rizzuto family of Montreal amassed and how it all came so
violently tumbling down.” —CBC
PRAISE FOR PETER EDWARDS AND ANTONIO NICASO:
“Peter Edwards knows how real bad guys eat, sleep, and breathe, and
on the page brings them to life--even the dead ones--better than
any other true crime writer.” —Linwood Barclay, international
bestselling author
“Nicaso is a world-renowned expert on organized
crime.” —Julian Sher, Toronto Star
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