Mark Winegardner Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he'd worked his way to the top of a million-dollar-a-month horse-betting ring. But when the state's latched onto his game, the feds take a bite and the lawyer fees eat away at the rest, all Jake's got left is the bottle and a beautiful wife whose every word is ugly. Jake's to be the top witness in a major case against organized crime--if he hasn't already kicked the bucket before the trial has its day in court. But an enigmatic mafioso known only as The Man has a plan to make dead certain Jake never gets the chance to testify. The Man's hired Charlie "Little" Bigger, a hit man barely five feet tall, to infiltrate the Winroy residence as a tenant and murder Winroy in cold blood. To Little, it seems like the easiest job on Earth. Until he lays eyes on the beautiful and dangerous Fay and the Winroy's young housemaid Ruth, a woman as sensual as she is vulnerable. SAVAGE NIGHT is Jim Thompson at his most unpredictable and deeply suspenseful, in a claustrophobic thriller of one man's fractured mind.

A third and final installment in the best-selling epic chronicle of the Corleone crime family finds New Orleans under-boss Carlo Tramonti deported to Colombia, an event for which he turns dangerously vengeful and triggers a series of events that changes the course of American history. 400,000 first printing.

Thirty-five years after Mario Puzo's iconic tale, the story continues with the years omitted from the original book and films. Set in 1955, Michael Corleone has triumphed in the brutal war among New York's crime families and seeks to consolidate his power while transitioning his family into legitimate businesses. To achieve this, he faces a formidable opponent, Nick Geraci, a former boxer turned Corleone enforcer, equally ruthless and cunning. Their escalating conflict from 1955 to 1962 significantly impacts the lives of America's most powerful criminals and their families. Key figures include Tom Hagen, the Corleone family's lawyer, who pursues a political career while safeguarding his brother; Francesca Corleone, who uncovers her family's hidden past; Don Louie Russo, the cunning head of the Chicago mob with ambitions against the Corleones; Peter Clemenza, the loyal underboss privy to Family secrets; and Ambassador M. Corbett Shea, a former bootlegger seeking to elevate his son politically. As Johnny Fontane rises in the music world, Kay Adams Corleone grapples with the truth about Michael, and Fredo’s mysterious death is finally explained within a larger, sinister context. Spanning New York, Washington, Las Vegas, and Cuba, this narrative explores America's mid-century criminal underworld and its ties to politics, law, and entertainment, enriching Puzo's legacy with new, unforgettable characters.