The authors of Citizen Somerville: Growing up with the Winter Hill Gang will be at the Somerville Public Library Saturday at 2 p.m. to sign books and speak with the public about the hot-selling crime saga.

Can’t get enough true crime stories? The authors of Citizen Somerville: Growing up with the Winter Hill Gang will be at the Somerville Public Library Saturday at 2 p.m. to sign books and speak with the public about the hot-selling saga.

Bobby Martini and Elayne Keratsis wrote the best selling book that everyone is talking about. In the early 1960’s a bloody war broke out between two powerful Irish Mob families in Winter Hill.  Over 60 men were murdered, including the leader of the Winter Hill Gang, James “Buddy” McLean.  Leadership of one of the most influential non-Italian crime organizations in the United States was inherited by his childhood friend, Howard T. “Howie” Winter.

The son of one of Winter’s closest friends, Bobby Martini has laid his own history bare to depict a life of survival in the rough streets of Somerville and reveals the darker personal side of Somerville. Often painfully poignant and yet frequently hilarious, Citizen Somerville is a microscopic view of a generation struggling to walk the moral tightrope between societal decency and the loyalty of criminality.

Books will be available for purchase. The event is free and all are welcome to attend.