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Sheeran was accused of having links to the american mafia through. It is the third main game in the mafia series, and the sequel to mafia ii. As donnie brasco, undercover fbi agent joseph pistone spent six years in the bonanno crime family, working his way up from jewel thief to an almost made man. He is the coauthor of murder machine, the terrifying saga of roy demeos bloodthirsty mafia. His testimony and evidence cripple the american mafia and led to the arrest of over 100 top names. The new york times bestselling author of gaspipe and the ice man, phillip carlo returns with a hairraising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the mafia, mob enforcer tommy karate pitera.
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