Homicide Is My Business: Luigi the Zip: A Hitman’s Quest For Honor

Jerry Schmetterer · Michael Vecchione

Nov 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Stephen Bel Davies

About this audiobook

The story of Luigi Ronsisvalle is an intimate look at the life of a professional killer. It is, in some ways, the story of all workingmen and women with ambition who never achieve their ultimate goal. But what makes Luigi unique is that, for him to achieve his goal, people had to die. His ambition, from when he was twelve years old, was to be a made man in the Mafia. He once told a presidential commission, "American child falls in love with baseball, I fall in love with Mafia." Coauthor Michael Vecchione spent months interviewing the hitman about his life in the Sicilian and American Mafia, finally becoming his confidant. Those days, weeks, and months together brought Luigi to realize that, despite the concept of omertà-the code of silence ingrained in him from an early age-the road to a truly honorable life meant turning on those he once admired. Luigi had done everything asked of him by his Mafia bosses. This included the murder of thirteen people. But unlike other hitmen, Luigi was denied the Mafia recognition he felt he deserved. Drawing on personal files, handwritten notes, and official sources, this book attempts to explain his complicated life. Contains mature themes.

About the author

Jerry Schmetterer was an award-winning journalist who served for twelve years as the spokesman for the Kings County District Attorney's Office. He passed away in 2021.

Michael Vecchione recently retired as chief of the Rackets Division of the Kings County District Attorney's Office, completing a career as a prosecutor that spanned four decades.

Stephen Bel Davies has recorded over a hundred titles in association with Audible Studios, Deyan Audio, Brilliance, and Tantor. Trained at The Juilliard School Drama Division, he has narrated books by a number of New York Times bestselling authors.