Leopold Borstinski Books in Order

As California crime boss Mary Lou declines mentally, her adult children Alice and Frank Jr compete to inherit her empire. Their rivalry leaves the family vulnerable when Russian gangsters arrive and threaten everything their mother built.

In 1970s California, Mary Lou invests stolen bank money in a heroin business while raising twins. Old enemies close in on her children, forcing her to weigh their safety against her ambitions for a criminal empire.

Arriving in New York in 1915, Jewish immigrant Alex Cohen rises through the city's gangs. His growing success brings betrayal, forcing him to choose between holding his gang together and protecting someone he once trusted.

Retired private investigator Jake Adkins takes a mob boss's assignment to recover a leather briefcase. Competing intelligence agencies, federal investigators, and criminals pursue the same object, drawing Jake into a dangerous mystery linked to his own past.

London trader Ray faces pressure from his lawyer wife Penny to abandon insider dealing. When he discovers her affair, financial fraud and marital betrayal collide, leaving him torn between preserving his illicit fortune and their relationship.

After robbing a Baltimore bank, Frank Lagotti and Mary Lou flee toward California with stolen cash. Pursued by federal agents and gangsters, they must decide whether they can trust each other while surviving the consequences of their theft.

Frank Lagotti assembles a crew to rob a Baltimore bank in 1968, but rivalries threaten the plan. His girlfriend Mary Lou develops feelings for their insider, adding divided loyalties to a job already undermined by mutual distrust.

Released from prison with his syndicate connections severed, Alex Cohen seeks a fresh fortune in Las Vegas. An opportunity in sports betting brings new prospects, but rebuilding his influence risks renewed conflict with the mob and federal authorities.

Traumatized by the Great War, Alex Cohen returns to New York and pursues wealth through organized crime during Prohibition. Powerful allies bring dangerous enemies, and shifting mob loyalties threaten both his ambitions and his survival.

After Prohibition ends, Alex Cohen runs Murder Inc for Lucky Luciano while searching for fresh income. Luciano's downfall leaves him exposed to a tax-evasion charge and a choice between imprisonment and betraying his criminal associates.

Alex Cohen partners with Meyer Lansky to build casinos in 1950s Havana. Financing their ambitions requires choosing between President Batista and the Italian mob, with dangerous obligations on either side and his family's security at stake.

In 1960s Los Angeles, Alex Cohen builds new drug and prostitution operations while hoping to protect his family. A mob request to assist the CIA against Cuba draws him back into dangerous political and criminal obligations.

Settled in Florida with his family, aging gangster Alex Cohen hopes to leave crime behind. An attempt on his life and business dealings tied to the mob force him to confront informants, federal pressure, and unfinished loyalties.

Private investigator Jake Adkins accepts an unusual assignment from a French woman who wants him to prove she murdered her husband. As he examines the death, contradictory evidence and further killings make his client's motives increasingly suspect.