Books by Author Scott M. Deitche

Scott M. Deitche is an author who specializes in organized crime. His books include  Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld, and The Silent Don: The World of Santo Trafficante Jr. and 2022's Hitmen: The Mafia, Drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang. He has also written dozens of articles on organized crime for local and national magazines and newspapers and was the senior writer for Tampa Mafia Magazine. Scott has been featured on The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, A&E, C-SPAN, Oxygen, American Heroes Channel, and both national and local news and radio shows. He lives in St. Petersburg, FL
Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld
Bootleggers, gambling, ringleaders, arsonists, narcotics dealers and gang murders–a variety of characters flourished in the era known as Prohibition, and Tampa, Florida was where they battled for supremacy of the criminal underworld.
The Silent Don: The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr.
The life and ruthless times of one of America's most powerful and feared mob bosses. With a criminal empire that stretched from the Gulf Coast throughout the Caribbean, Trafficante was linked to drug trafficking, plots to kill Fidel Castro, and the assassination of JFK. 
Garden State Gangland: The Rise of the Mob in New Jersey
In Garden State Gangland, Scott M. Deitche sets the historical record straight by providing the first overall history of the mob in New Jersey, from the early turn of the century Black Hand gangs to the present, and looks at how influential they were was, not only to goings-on the Garden State but across the New York metro region and the country as a whole.
Balls: The True Life of Eddie Trascher, Gentleman Gangster
Eddie Trascher was a gentleman gangster but he never wanted to be part of the mob. For 50 years, from the pre-Castro Havana casinos to Los Angeles, Trascher stole from mob-owned casinos, scammed gangsters, and was one of the top bookies in the country. He capped his career as a confidential informant for Florida law enforcement and was the source for getting inside the Trafficante Mafia family.
Hitmen: The Mafia, Drugs ,and the East Harlem Purple Gang
From the author of the star reviewed Garden State Gangland comes an in-depth exposé on East Harlem's notorious Purple Gang whose murderous exploits became a media obsession and Mafia lynchpin.
In the late 1970s, a string of seemingly unconnected murders had Harlem police and federal authorities at their wits’ end until they realized several commonalities. The victims were all either Mafia members or potential witnesses of Mafia activity and they’d all been shot from .22 pistols traced back to a single private sale in Florida. From these details, the FBI and police were able to build a profile of a rogue sect of Mafia hitmen known as the East Harlem Purple Gang.
The Everything Mafia Book: True-life accounts of legendary figures, infamous crime families, and nefarious deeds
This book features colorful information on:
The Sicilian Mafia
The “First Family” of the American Mafia
The “Real” Untouchables
The Mob and Politicians
The Five New York families 
Packed full of up-to-date gangster information, this guide will satisfy even the most ardent true-crime enthusiasts."
Cocktail Noir: From Gangsters and Gin Joints to Gumshoes and Gimlets
Catering to lovers of the well-written word and the well-mixed drink, Cocktail Noir is a lively look at the intertwining of alcohol and the underworld–represented by authors of crime both true and fictional and their glamorously disreputable characters, as well as by real life gangsters who built Prohibition-era empires on bootlegged booze.