Books written by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Sleepers

An unforgettable true story of friendship, loyalty and revenge.
Apaches

In the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen, a group of New York City cops become involved in something never meant to be exposed
Lost Angel

In a city where a girl can go missing for years, a retired New York cop investigates a gruesome crime. Tank is a retired New York City cop coping with...
The Wolf: A Novel

That was my mistake.
Gangster: A Novel

But this is more than just an authentic chronicle of crime.
Gangster

Fleeing his father and a shadowy past, Angelo Vestieri finds a second family in early twentieth-century New York's mob, where he encounters dangerous betrayals and an abandoned boy in need of a father figure.
Street Boys: A Novel

In its awesome scope and pure page-turning excitement, it stands as a stirring tribute to the underdog in us all—and as a singular addition to the novels about World War II.
Apaches: A Novel of Suspense

They're apaches. At war against evil. “Pulp noir . . . Apaches showcases [Lorenzo] Carcaterra's ability to create chillingly evil characters and a world horrifying in its depravity.”—The Washington Post Book World Boomer. Dead-eye.
Payback: A Novel

Payback is personal for a former NYPD detective taking on a corrupt cop and a dirty accounting firm in this adrenaline-laced thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and Tin Badges.
Sleepers

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of four men who take the law into their own hands. This is the story of four young boys. Four lifelong friends.
Payback: A Novel

Payback is personal for a former NYPD detective taking on a corrupt cop and a dirty accounting firm in this adrenaline-laced thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and Tin Badges.
Le loup

Nous ne les tuerons sans doute pas tous, mais j’exercerai ma vengeance et, peut-être, mourrai ce faisant. Ils connaîtront mon nom. Ils sauront ma colère. Ils craindront le loup.
Sleepers

Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 1995.
A Safe Place: The True Story of a Father, a Son, a Murder

Now, decades later, Lorenzo has finally come to terms with the awful truth about his father. A SAFE PLACE is the brilliant result.
A Safe Place: The True Story of a Father, a Son, a Murder

The author of Sleepers recounts his love, despite brutal abuse, as a boy for his tough-guy father, his discovery that his father was a convicted murderer who had killed his first wife, and his ensuing struggle for freedom and understanding.
Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family

“As nourishing as a three-course Italian feast, this is a fierce, moving tribute to the ties that bind.”—People (Book of the Week) The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers offers a heartfelt homage to the women who taught ...
A Safe Place: The Story of a Father, a Son, a Murder

The book is also, in many ways, an intimate biography of two people, Lorenzo's parents: his Italian immigrant mother barely able to speak English, marrying a man she did not really know - a woman whose American dream turns into the ultimate ...
Gangster: A Novel

But this is more than just an authentic chronicle of crime.
Chasers

Buttercup held her place, watching as the dealer tossed the Coronas into a back booth, flicked open a red-handled ... The blow, softened a bit by the man's bare foot, caught her on the flat end of her stomach, a few inches from one of ...
Gangster

Gangster is an epic, compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate - and the narrative of a family, a city and a century.