Omerta
(Books)

Omertà, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia's code of honour for centuries. Born in the beautiful Sicilian hills, Omertà carried the Mafia through a century of change, but at the close of a tempestuous century it is becoming a relic from a bygone age. Honour may be silent - but money talks. In New York a mob boss is assassinated and no one will talk. His nephew and the head of the city's FBI each launch investigations into the murder. But silence spreads like a contagion: the silence of rival gangs, the silence of crooked bankers; even the silence of the courts. However, the world of the Mafiosi is one without integrity, and one riven with greed. And when money starts to talk...