Peter Maas
5 books
About the Author
Peter Maas was a pioneering investigative journalist and author renowned for his unflinching exposés on organized crime and corruption. Born in New York City in 1929, Maas honed his craft as a reporter for outlets like Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post before turning to book-length narratives that peeled back the layers of the underworld. His breakthrough work, The Valachi Papers: A New York Times Bestseller and Classic Mafia Exposé―The First Account That Broke the Code of Silence, drew from the groundbreaking testimony of mob informant Joe Valachi, shattering the Mafia's omertà code and captivating readers with its raw authenticity. Maas's career spanned decades, producing incisive portraits of figures from gangsters to politicians, always grounded in meticulous research and a commitment to truth-telling that earned him a lasting legacy in true crime literature.
Common genres
Writing style
investigative
narrative-driven
unflinching
