Meyer Lansky was one of the shrewdest gangsters to walk the streets of New York in the 20th century. Best known as Lucky Luciano's right-hand man, he was the Mob's financial mastermind—the brains behind some of the underworld's most profitable schemes. An FBI agent once said of Lansky, "He would have been chairman of the board of General Motors if he'd gone into legitimate business." A great read for travellers to New York.
Ottawa-based Art Montague writes fiction as well as non-fiction, but his interests in history, biography, and crime remain constant. He is a member of Crime Writers of Canada and the Periodical Writers Association of Canada.