Sandra Peddie, Author,
Investigative Journalist

NYPD mugshot of Sonny Franzese

Advance praise for Sonny:

"Couldn't put it down. I'm in awe of the amount of work you did getting to everybody."

Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Goodfellas

"By turns blood-curdling and hilarious, SONNY regales us with the life and career of one of the most powerful and least-known New York Mafia crime bosses. A scrupulously documented and compulsive read."

Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of MOB GIRL: A Woman's Life in the Underworld

"Sonny Franzese was a standup guy. He lived his life, and he didn't hurt innocent people. And I knew him my whole life."

Former Philadelphia crime boss Ralph Natale

"If you loved Tommy James' book about his life with Morris Levy, if you followed the events around the conflicts surroundingJoe Gallo, this book adds depth and life to those stories. It deserves a place on any reader of crime stories' top shelf. I know I will read it again and again."

Lorcan Otway, director and curator of the The Museum of the American Gangster

"Powerful! Tragic! Sandra Peddie's prose hits you right between the eyes like a bullet out of the barrel of Sonny Franzese's gun."

Matthew DiBiase, author and host of "The Packaged Tourist" Podcast

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By Christopher McGinley of the Mystery Tribune:

"The long-time New York journalist managed to wrangle several telling interviews with the mobster in his final days, along with others involved in various phases of Sonny's colorful life. (She explains how it all came about in a short, exciting prologue.) Her research, too, is impressive. What (Peddie) has assembled here is a gripping account of an old school gangster, someone who absolutely refused to turn state's evidence, refused to "rat," the last of a breed." – Mystery Tribune

https://mysterytribune.com/sonny-the-last-of-the-old-time-mafia-bosses-john-sonny-franzese/

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SONNY: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John Sonny Franzese

Sonny Franzese was admired by Vito Genovese and Albert Anastasia and lent a dark glamour to New York nightlife. Behind his stylish veneer was a remorseless killer. Revered on the street, his one weakness was his family. This is the story of his life in organized crime, based on exclusive interviews with Sonny himself.

SONNY: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John Sonny Franzese

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