Insiders spill the beans on real-life Mafia

"The Good Guys" by Bill Bonanno and Joe Pistone with David Fisher; Warner Books ($24.95)

This is one of the more interesting books about the underworld to hit the bookstalls. Instead of being crafted by a professional writer (Mario Puzo, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Peter Maas to mention three), this offering - a novel - comes from two gents who qualify as insiders.

Mafia accused wins hearts of the mob

A stylish dresser known as "Designer Don" and accused of involvement in a bloody Mafia war that has left 50 dead in the port of Naples has become an unlikely teenage heart-throb.