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 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 ...

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.

She was his enemy. He was her cage. Neither expected the other to be human.Arianna Morelli had a plan for surviving the worst thing her father could do to her: keep her walls up, gather leverage, and find a way out. She never planned on Luca Valenti being anything other than the monster she'd decided he was.Luca didn't want a wife. He wanted the alliance — clean, strategic, contained. What he got was a Morelli in his house, reading RICO law in his library, ...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Most Beautiful Beaches In Italy, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating 100 of the Most Beautiful Beaches In Italy did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and foundation before the book was even started. This book was created to inform, entertain and m...