Books published by John Blake

Pure Narco

The autobiography of Luis Navia, who for 25 years organised shipments of cocaine from Colombia to US and Europe.

Reviewed on 13 March 2021 by Chris Roberts

Peaky Blinders: The Legacy

The TV series Peaky Blinders turned the fashionably dressed, charismatic, but deeply flawed Shelby family into cult anti-heroes. Now read the sordid facts behind their criminal legacy.

Reviewed on 16 January 2021 by John Cleal

Hollywood Godfather

The autobiography of Gianni Russo, who lived as a gangster both in real life and in the movies, and also rubbed shoulders with the cream of Hollywood.

Reviewed on 22 February 2020 by Chris Roberts