Rogue Mobster: The Untold Story of Mark Silverman and the Boston Mafia - Paperback

by Scott Deitche (Author), Mark Silverman (Author)

The Only Man Who Walked Both Sides and Lived to Tell the Tale.

In the bloody 1990s, the Boston underworld was a powder keg. On one side: the Patriarca Crime Family. On the other: the infamous Winter Hill gang. In the middle stood Mark Silverman.

Mark Silverman was the ultimate earner-the man who could bridge two warring families because he was too valuable to lose.-he navigated the treacherous divide between the Italian Mafia and the Irish Mob during their most violent era. While the FBI was fumbling and bosses were falling, Silverman was in the room, at the table, and on the streets.
Inside this explosive memoir, you'll discover:

• The Unfiltered Truth: What it was really like to work for the Patriarcas while maintaining ties to the Winter Hill Gang.
• Survival Tactics: How a mobster managed to stay alive-and out of prison-while everyone around him was being fitted for a casket or a jumpsuit.
• The 1990s Mob War: A gritty, street-level view of the hits, the heists, and the high-stakes games that broke the New England Mafia.

For fans of Goodfellas, Black Mass, and The Departed, this isn't a story written by a journalist looking in-it's the story of a man who was in.

Author Biography

Mark Silverman is the author of two bestselling nonfiction books, Boston Mafia and Marked Card, which chronicles the Boston mob wars of the 1990's and early 2000's where over two dozen gangsters were killed over control of Boston's underworld. Silverman writes about his personal experiences getting inside the mob and becoming an integral part of the war. Silverman's books have been hailed as providing readers with the first inside glimpse into what went on at the street level, why people were killed, and what the stakes were. Silverman is a highly regarded public speaker who has made multiple media appearances.