Lord High Executioner

Umberto ''Albert'' Anastasia was born in Italy at the turn of the century. Five decades later, he would be gunned down in a barber shop in New York City. What happened in the years in between - and why every crime family had reason to want him dead - is one of the most brutal and fascinating stories in the history of American organised crime. This in-depth account from Mafia insider Frank Dimatteo is the first full-length book to chronicle Anastasia''s bloody rise to found the notorious killer''s club Murder, Inc. - featuring never-before-told accounts from those who feared him most...