Adrian Humphreys

This compelling story of the Rizzuto crime family in Montreal is somewhat marred by slightly confusing chronology and the fact that the book has been added to without revising the previous chapters, so it seems to come to a stop then start back up again. Use of the present tenses in places is also confusing. What isn't confusing is the power and ferocity of the Rizzutos, especially Vito, the main subject of the book. The crime and corruption in Montreal starts to make the situation in New York look mild by comparison. Eventually, all the secrets can't be kept hidden, people talk, and folks go to jail, even when investigated by the often inept Canadian police or tried by the over-lenient Canadian judiciary. The big question is...who run's Montreal's rackets now that Vito is gone?… (more)