I've kept my father's books since I was nineteen. I know every wire transfer, every invoice, every penny he pretends not to move. So when the family council found three hundred thousand missing from the accounts, I knew it wasn't me. I also knew exactly who it was. My brother. I just couldn't prove it standing on the wrong side of the table. The council gave me two choices. Stand trial for a theft I didn't commit, or marry Nino Greco and merge our families into one. I took the marriage. Fi...

An engrossing novel of murder, organized crime, and politics in contemporary Italy - the first in the hit series of Italian crime novels'A powerful and hugely compelling thriller. Dark, worldly and written with tremendous style and assurance' William Boyd_________________Rome. A city where rules are compromised. And compromise rules.It's one of the hottest days of the year. Chief Inspector Blu...

"An engrossing mystery . . . peopled with authentic characters, most notably the wry, pot-smoking, disillusioned [cop] Rocco, who was born and raised in Rome." — Publishers WeeklyIt's the bitterly cold spring season in alpine Aosta, and a girl has been kidnapped. Chiara Berguet, daughter of the owners of a local construction firm, was targeted thanks to the sizeable debt her parents owe. But like many a best-laid plan, a blown tire causes the crime to go ha...

Second in the contemporary Italian crime fiction series featuring Inspector Lojacono by the bestselling author of the Commissario Ricciardi novels.A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as "The Chinaman," starts to investigate.Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone is the second book in a series set in cont...

Thorn Tattoo's clock is ticking.Riley Byrne is an Irish lass that's as smooth as whiskey, if you don't mind the burn that comes along with it. She's Giovanni's new co-manager and current pain in his ass. Riley is business savvy and a little bit bossy—something Giovanni finds frustrating in the studio and hot as hell when he's got her pinned to their shared office desk.Giovanni DeRose came back to Las Vegas to fulfil a childhood dream of working in a tattoo studio w...

While things can’t seemingly get any worse, Stefano finally faces up to his desires. He is not a single step further to understanding Silvio, but he understands his own desires well enough now, even though they hold the key to his destruction.Soon, the game is up. When an FBI mole dies in the gang war, US Attorney Beccaria sets out on his own hunt. Beccaria is seeking nothing less than the total annihilation of the Marino clan in the hopes of purging his own dark past. When the US ...

It is 1977. A new force is terrorising Rome - a mob of reckless, ultraviolent youths known as La Banda della Magliana.As the gang ruthlessly take control of Rome's heroin trade, they begin an inexorable rise to power. Banda della Magliana intend to own the streets of Rome - unless their internal struggles tear them apart.Based on Rome's modern gangland history, Romanzo Criminale fearlessly confronts Italy's Age of Lead: war on the streets and terrorism, kidnappings...

Samuele Adelmo's job is to do whatever mafia kingpin Gino Sarvilli pays him to do. No questions asked, no emotional involvement. It's just a job.When he meets Lola Pennington, a sweet and beautiful woman who always sees the glass as half full, he starts to care about how his chosen career affects other people.Problem is, when you're paid by the mob, there's no retirement plan.Detroit Mafia Series in reading order:Destined for the MobPaid by ...

A San Francisco wife plots to murder her philandering husband by being in two places at one time.She commits the Perfect Crime -- and starts an exciting life with a sexy new boyfriend, living off her dead husband's generous life insurance policy.Until her doorbell rings one night . . . .

A message found in a bottle and the curiosity of an antiquarian lead Vincent Germano to launch an investigation, the conclusion of which can only be at the limits of improbability. The chief will often be surrounded by persons to whom he will have to give an explanation, issue an order or ask for advice, but in fact he will be alone, as are all those who are seeking the truth.

An ambiguous investigation for Commissario Vincent Germano, who is forced to proceed, ever more precariously, along the all too slender thread that separates the victim from the killer.For more information about the author and his books visit:Blog: http://claudioruggeri.blogspot.itFacebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Ruggeri.Commissioner.Pageor follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RuggeriC83

A man is found dead inside his art gallery. Vincent Germano will be expected to wade through thousands of possible hypotheses in order to solve the crime. In the course of his investigation, the Commissioner will have to deal with a case shadowed by melancholy.