The New York Times bestselling author of GASPIPE and THE ICE MAN, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy “Karate” Pitera. THE BUTCHER tells the riveting true story of a hit man who loved his work too much—a maniac believed responsible for more than sixty remarkably brutal murders—whom even organized crime’s most cold-blooded assassins feared. Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo’s THE BUTCHER is destined to be a true crime classic alongside WISEGUYS by Nicholas Pileggi and UNDERBOSS by Peter Maas.