The first book in the On the Hill Series. A must read for anyone interested in the long reach of the Mafia and why the mob never stops. Witnessing a la Costa nostra crime can be a death sentence from the devil himself. This adult novel is unputdownable until the shootout finish.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ This book is not a kid's book. It contains adult language — typical of Hill-speak and the Hill way of life.

     While picking cherries at night in a neighbor's yard on the Hill, four streetwise kids witness a double homicide. They jump from the trees and run for it. The killer sees them, and unfortunately for the kids, it was a mob hit, and they don't like witnesses. Even kid witnesses. 

     But the kids are hard-bitten and resilient, and with a death sentence on their backs, they take to the woods and streets to stay alive. It's not just the mob after them: The police — they are witnesses to two capital murders — and the Feds, too. But the Philadelphia mafia has their hands full when the Italian Costa Nostra sends a feared killer from Sicily to help the kids.