Peter Maas Books

A new suspense thriller from the author of SERPICO and THE VALACHI PAPERS, involving a web of conspiracy and deceit that unravels the innermost secrets of the hidden Chinatown world of the new Mafia.

Frank Serpico is not an ordinary police officer. His passion for opera and ballet, along with his unkempt appearance and unusual pets—a shepherd dog, a white mouse, and a Guatemalan parrot—set him apart from his colleagues in the New York Police Department. However, it is not these eccentricities that truly distinguish him. In an environment where a code of silence protects the corrupt at the expense of the honest, Serpico faces severe consequences for refusing to conform to this unwritten rule that allows many officers to engage in dealings with criminals. Based on a true story and famously portrayed by Al Pacino in the film adaptation, "Serpico" offers a raw and poignant depiction of a man standing alone against the tyranny of violence. He emerges as a modern hero, risking his life in the pursuit of justice and truth.

On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen -- an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist, and man of action. In this thrilling true account, prize-winning author Peter Maas vividly re-creates a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its center. Could he actually pluck those men from a watery grave? Or had all his pioneering work been in vain?

The First Inside Account of the MafiaIn the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crime from the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names, dates, addresses, phone numbers—and where the bodies were buried—Joe Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of America's major crime figures.The rest is history.Never again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposé. broke the back of America's Cosa Nostra and stands today as the classic about America's Mob, a fascinating tale of power and terror, big money, crime ... and murder.

"Brilliantly constructed and grimly fascinating. . . . The result is a terrific and important book. . . . It's important because it is a morality play on the subject of loyalty. To whom are you loyal, and from who should you be able to expect loyalty?" —  New York Times Book Review Sammy the Bull Gravano is the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect. In telling Gravano's story, Peter Maas brings us as never before into the innermost sanctums of the Cosa Nostra as if we were there ourselves—a secret underworld of power, lust, greed, betrayal, and deception, with the specter of violent death always waiting in the wings.

Edwin P. Wilson was the Great Gatsby of the spook world, the rogue CIA agent who had already begun to amass a fortune while still in U.S. intelligence. His lavish estate outside Washington, D.C. was a favored gathering place for senators and congressmen, admirals and generals, and for key intelligence officers. Both the CIA and the FBI were aware of Wilson's secret, illegal weapons-trafficking activities with Libya's Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, but they had done nothing to stop him. To everyone who knew him, Edwin Wilson seemed above the law. Then, U.S. attorney Larry Barcella discovered Wilson's sinister machinations, and in a chase that would go on for nearly four years and over three continents, Barcella began a manhunt that would not end until Wilson was brought to justice.

Der Taylor Kampf um ein Kind - bk16; Goldmann Verlag; Peter Maas; pocket_book; 1993

Viele moderne Geb?ude und Konstruktionen wie Bahnh?fe, Hotelatrien, Br?cken und Kuppeln ben?tigen ein Stahlskelett, das auf Jahrzehnte gegen sch?dliche Einwirkungen gesch?tzt ist. Feuerverzinkung ist hierf?r eine ausgereifte und bew?hrte Methode, deren Schutz?berzug aus Zink zuverl?ssig Stahlteile auf Jahrzehnte gegen sch?dliche Einwirkungen sch?tzt. Das Buch deckt systematisch alle Schritte des Feuerverzinkungsprozesses ab und geht dabei nicht nur auf die Verfahrenstechnik ein, sondern auch auf die wichtigen Aspekte der feuerverzinkungsgerechten Konstruktion, Arbeitssicherheit, Umweltschutz, Duplex-Systeme und Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtungen. Das Buch ist reich und in Farbe bebildert und zeigt zahlreiche Anwendungsbeispiele.

V roce 1945, v závěrečných dnech války, vyplouvá z přístavu na moře těžký křižník Indianapolis. Převáží přísně střežený náklad, který navždy změní svět. Jedná se o uran 235, kterým budou naplněny bomby určené pro Hirošimu. Křižník bez problémů vyložil olověné válce s uranem na ostrově Tinian a plavil se ke Guamu. Dle rozkazu měl přeplout Filipínské moře k ostrovu Leyte. Tam se už neobjevil. Byl torpédován japonskou ponorkou mezi Guamem a Leyte. Po dvanácti minutách bylo vše skončeno. Více než 300 mužů šlo ke dnu s lodí. Dalších 900 námořníků však zůstalo na hladině. Čekaly je čtyři dny a pět nocí plných hrůzy. Bez pitné vody v oceánu plném útočících žraloků.

Dramatická reportáž o zákulisí organizovaného zločinu 20. stol. ve Spojených státech. Autor střídá autentickou výpověď jednoho z řadových členů Cosa nostry, několikanásobného vraha v jejích službách, s vlastním analyzujícím komentářem a vytváří tak pozoruhodný dokument o největší zločinecké organizaci na světě.