THEY MOCKED THE MAFIA BOSS FOR MARRYING A HEAVYSET ACCOUNTANT—THEN SHE DESTROYED THE MEN SENT TO KILL HIM

she was invaluable.

Outside it, she was thrown to wolves in silk.

The social hierarchy of Chicago mafia wives was vicious, and its queen was Francesca Marino, the razor-thin, surgically perfected wife of Lucas’s consigliere.

Francesca had the brittle smile of a woman who had spent her life mistaking cruelty for refinement.

Beside her was Bianca De Luca,continue reading …