The Daughter of the Mob

About the Book

Maria, the daughter of Pedro Miguel, who is the head of the Mafia, wants to be a star. Her father, Pedro, is doing everything to stop her, including the raking of a Rolls-Royce of a club owner that hired Maria. Maria’s previous boyfriend, Derrick, who is a gangster working for her father, imposes himself to Maria as a lawyer. Rico, Pedro’s brother, who lives in Bogotá, grows the marijuana and sends it to Pedro, but Rico’s ambition is to take all the empire for himself, planning to kill Pedro and his family. Rico sends the marijuana to a competitor, and before arriving to Los Angeles on a bet, one of Rico’s gang seduces an airline hostess in the plane bathroom. While in Los Angeles, Rico and all his gang raped a prostitute in the park, leaving her naked, and then they drove to Pedro’s warehouse and killed few of Pedro’s guards. Derrick’s jealousy drove him to order the torture and killing of Toni, who is Maria’s lover and musical director. Maria spies on her father and finds out that her father and Derrick are gagsters and killers. Rico and his gang surround the big estate of Pedro. Maria slashes her both of her wrists, thinking that her father, Pedro, killed Toni. Rico and his gang shoot and kill Derrick and others from Pedro’s gang. All the members of Rico’s gang were killed, but Pedro’s chauffeur killed Rico inside the estate. In the hospital, Maria receives from her father, Pedro, a one-million-dollar check and an explanation on who killed Toni. Her father also told her that he is retiring from his business. Maria wins the American Idol competition.

About the Author

Ruth Toby was born in Israel in 1945. She immigrated to USA in 1981. Since her childhood, people appreciated her singing. At the age of sixteen, Ruth started singing professionally. She moved to England in 1966 and made three records. Living in Burbank, California, Ruth owned a hamburger stand and spent her earnings in building a recording studio, where she wrote and composed over one hundred pop songs. She has written four screenplays and published a book about her life.