The Meatman Author:Mike Mallowe The Russian counterpart of the Mafia, the centuries old and secretive Malina, is attempting to replace the Mafia in America; but this is only one level of this multi-leveled narrative. The novel opens with a bang when Philadelphia mob boss Paul "Meatman" Presto is blown up on his front doorstep. — Detective Philip Driscoll, who years ea... more »rlier had an affair with Mafia "princess" Honoria Presto, discovers that her father's death is the latest in a series of hits on Mafia bosses around the country. Disturbed by the ominous pattern, Driscoll ends up working with headstrong Honoria to find her father's murderer, while at the same time trying to protect her from the white-haired hired killer dogging their footsteps.
The action moves from the streets of Philly to contemporary Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam to the bleak environs of Moscow and Odessa.« less