I Worked for Lucky Luciano

In 1936, when Thomas Dewey brought down Lucky Luciano on prostitution charges, a reporter covering the trial heard a story that had never been told. A high-end prostitute from within Luciano's vice empire agreed to reveal what it meant to be a commodity in America's most powerful criminal organization. She recounts how she was trapped, what she was paid, how she was dressed and controlled, and the psychological warfare that kept her compliant. The book details the backgrounds of the women in the ring, the wealthy clients who purchased their services, and the machinery of corruption that protected Luciano's operation from law enforcement. Published in 1954, this is an unflinching account of exploitation and survival in the shadows of Depression-era New York, told from a perspective history rarely amplified.