Murder Machine (Onyx) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gene Mustain, Jerry Capeci
Publisher: Onyx
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 29682
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 0451403878
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9780451403872
ASIN: 0451403878
Publication Date: July 1, 1993
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 great true crime July 7, 2008
The police attribute officially 75 murders to the Demeo crew but the total could be as high as 200.Far from being just killings as a result of mob "housecleanings"alot of them are represented in the book as sport by DeMeo and his associates.Some of the victims had nothing to do with the mob.
The book revolves around the life of Ex-Green Beret Vietnam Veteran Dominic Montiglio and his association with the DeMeo crew and how he turned "states evidence" on the murderous crew. Montiglio claimed to have never killed a person,"on the streets"and as the tale is told I believe his testimony. Montiglio was literally born into the Mafia,through family connections,and the tale revolves his complete break with his family. He says in the end that,"family is not blood,but trust and respect".Since he had applied for PTSD counseling and was turned down by the VA on numerous occasions,his story has the ring of an American hero.The book has a great ending.
For those who just can't get enough of those true crime books this is truly a great one with lots of action and twisted horrific stories of the DeMeo sadists which are only too believable.The DeMeo crew was just one of the numerous car stealing/loan shark/murder enterprises of the Gambino crime family.This crew was even too hot for the mob boss Paul Castellano.
 Coulda Been a Winner March 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This turgid, way-too-long and ponderous book proved to be a major dissapointment. I had just finished reading the fascinating ICE MAN, a true-life study of a monsterous mafia killer. I was hoping for more of the same. Instead, this book goes into tedious, endless detail about the killers, their family ties, their interactions--but there's almost nothing about the actual killings. ICE MAN took specific cases and went into gory detail about how they were accomplished. in MURDER MACHINE, the authors throw us an occasional murder but give almost zero descriptive accounts of how these killings were done. So many characters are introduced that I had to finally start jotting them down to keep them apart. We're given unnecessary geographical descriptions that are a waste of time. The authors obviously spent a great deal of time writing this tome and I admire them for it. But after 300 pages, I simply had to call it quits. I found myself watching cable TV, with this book in hand, more than becoming engrossed with the pages of this book.
MORE FRIGHTENING THAN THE EXORCIST!!!!!!!! January 13, 2008
Murder Inc., The Westies, Bath Avenue crew, The Purple Gang, Mad Sam DeStefano in Chicago, Nicky Scarfo, Vito Genovese, and of course Carmine Galante and his crew. All were extremely scary groups of people, but they don't hold a light to the Gemini crew. Roy Demeo was insane.After reading this book I don't think I'll look at organized crime the same. A lot of innocent people got in the way of these guys and paid for it with their lives. The whole time I was reading this book I kept thinking I was in a nightmare but I coud not put it down. THIS IS THE BEST MOB BOOK.............EVER!!!!!! But not for the weak.
 thorough and well done December 31, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very well written and well done. This book offers an inside peek into the activities of the Mafia, particularly the Roy Demeo crew within the Gambino family. The author does a good job of corroborating information from informants with law enforcement. The book starts out more from a "wiseguy's" point of view and evolves into more of the law enforcement side as the story goes and more information of cases are revealed law enforcement. I like autobiographies best, however this is an accurate and interesting account from many perspectives, creating a good overview of the whole story. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys non-fictional drama and true crime stories.
Would love to have my money back for this one. November 30, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Everyone has their own opinion on this book and I respect that,...I didn't find it that interesting. In fact, I thought it was downright boring. I love a good scary read, and this was not one. It was obvious that some of the reviews were by friends and family members of the author, as is typical of most books reviewed on here, but still I would love to have my money back for this one. Amazon needs to add a half star or "no star" to their ratings.
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