Italian Crime

When Dan Armstrong is asked to provide security at a private villa on the outskirts of Pisa, he’s pretty sure it will be an easy job. Villa Gregory is remote; the gathered guests are rich – what could possibly go wrong? Inside the high walls of the palatial villa, Dan discovers the gathered guests are some of the most powerful tycoons in the media world, with plans for world domination. With so much at stake, Dan redoubles his efforts to keep everyone safe. But when one of the group is found murdered, Dan’s heart sinks – especially considering Anna’s own daughter is in the frame.

Mission: get close to a mafia heir, not get pregnant with his baby. I stepped into his world as a challenger in a street race. Dario Marchetti, known as an unstoppable predator on the asphalt, is dangerous, alluring and the heir of the Marchetti Empire. My mission’s clear: infiltrate the mafia and bring them down. But as the engines revive, one look into his dark eyes and I know I’m in trouble. I’m inches away from victory when he almost runs me over the edge. He rescues me before the car slips into the abyss, and I’m gone with the wind. Then a mysterious invitation to a masquerade ...

Former Italian Mafia boss, turned vigilante fugitive, Eva Santella - aka the Queen of Spades - owns a training school for assassins in the old country, but her main priority is traveling around the world to help those who cannot help themselves and turn to her as a last resort. Now, in this eighth book of the series, Eva Santella leaves Sicily to travel to the American south to search for three missing—and pregnant women. The state of Alabama has just outlawed abortion and Eva suspects there might be a connection. She doesn't know who is behind the disappearances, but is certain that if ...

La Santa: Verità e Ombre è un'avvincente storia di segreti e inganni ambientata a Caserta. Un commissario di polizia, il cui destino è segnato dall'abbandono del padre quando era un bambino, indaga sulla morte prematura di una bambina, soprannominata "La Santa". John, che di anglosassone ha solo il nome, ma è nato e cresciuto nel sud Italia, combatte la sua lotta contro il crimine organizzato. Il suo nome è oggetto di scherno e derisione, e non aiuta il suo carattere solitario e malinconico.

Un libro che racconta il potere della camorra, la sua affermazione economica e finanziaria, e la sua potenza militare, la sua metamorfosi in comitato d'affari. Una scrittura in prima persona fatta dal luogo degli agguati, nei negozi e nelle fabbriche dei clan, raccogliendo testimonianze e leggende. La storia parte dalla guerra di Secondigliano, dall'ascesa del gruppo Di Lauro al conflitto interno che ha generato 80 morti in poco più di un mese.

My parents sold me like a prized possession. They called it an arranged marriage. I call it a prison sentence. Carlo is everything I fear: cruel, powerful, and relentless. If he finds me, I’m as good as his. So I ran, leaving behind the chains of my family’s so-called honor. But freedom comes with a price. Now, Costantino Bianchi is hunting me down. He’s the Bianchi family’s bounty hunter—a man who never misses his mark. But there’s something different about him. He’s dark and dangerous, but when he looks at me, I see something else: desire. He should drag me back to Carlo. ...

Maxim I am a man who plans his every move. I arranged this marriage so I can get the money and power my father lost. And I always get what I want. I’m not interested in anything as sweet as love. My plan is simple — take over my city and claim my bride. Except Maria is not interested in playing by my rules. Maria I’ve been keeping my head down, playing the good girl my whole life. Now I’m thrown in the deep end of a mafia war. Maxim is nothing like the monstrous brute I was expecting. He makes me feel alive again. We barely says our vows before all hell breaks loose. And once I ...

In 1997 a six-year-old boy questioned by authorities relayed disturbing stories of abuse. The more he talked, the more people were implicated in his shocking revelations. And he was only the first child to come forward. Within a year, fifteen more children with similar tales were transferred out of the Bassa region of Italy to protected locations. Their parents were accused of belonging to a satanic sect that performed sex rituals under the aegis of beloved local priest Don Giorgio Govoni. With each child’s confession, the network of monsters grew.

I took a joyride with a mobster… And now there’s a bump in my belly. This guy oozes danger and testosterone. Race car driver, mobster, and the CEO of Royalty Rentals. The kingpin of speed in a city that never sleeps. And the son of a mafia Don. Emilio Fiore was built to command. Sleek, chiseled and abs on loan from God. But I’m no damsel waiting to be dominated. As a lawyer, I’m used to taming tyrants. Our connection’s instant, accelerating at high speed. Before I know it, we’re back at his place. But I’m not one to be tamed… Until he purrs in my ears like one of his high-...

When Liliana Ricci's father arranges her marriage to powerful mafia boss Nicholas Romano, she expects a cold union of convenience. But their initial attraction sparks into fiery passion and Liliana finds herself falling deeply in love. Just as happiness seems within reach, long-buried secrets about her mother's murder emerge, threatening to tear her family apart. Liliana and Nicholas navigate the dangers of the criminal underworld, defending their empire against rival families while investigating her parents' shadowy past. As clues point to her own father's involvement in her mother's death...

She's a violinist with a secret mafia bloodline. I'm the underboss who kidnapped her. Now she's mine to protect, to possess, to own. They call me The Ghost for a reason. I'm the ruthless enforcer who makes problems disappear. Music died for me the night my mother was murdered. Until I heard her play. Saskia Amadeo awakens something dangerous in me. Something I thought died years ago. But her father's blood carries a dark legacy. One that makes her forbidden fruit in New York's underworld. I should use her as a pawn. Instead, I'm claiming her as mine. Let them try to take her. I'll paint ...

When Liliana is kidnapped and beaten by a rival mafia family, Nicholas will stop at nothing to rescue his wife and exact vengeance. Aiding in her daring escape is Jocelyn, a captive woman Nicholas promises to free along with her daughter. But the mission to save them becomes complicated when Detective Samuel Turner reveals there is a mole in the police department working for the nefarious Bianchi family. As Nicholas and Liliana fight to protect their family empire, they uncover secrets that make them question whom they can trust. Long-buried truths about Liliana’s own mother’s ...

When private investigator, Dan Armstrong, and his girlfriend, Anna, are invited to the gorgeous island of Elba for a much-needed break, he jumps at the chance. The thought of sun-drenched shores makes Dan promise Anna he won't “play detective” for a whole week… Their luxurious hotel, with its wonderful food and picturesque seaside views, seems the perfect escape, especially with Dan's best friend Virgilio and his wife joining them. But the calm shatters with a sinister encounter and a sudden, suspicious death..

Morris Duckworth teaches English to the pampered rich of Verona, and Morris is not pleased. Living a meager existence in a squalid apartment, he regards his privileged students with envy and disdain, first wreaking revenge by petty theft and then, like all good criminals, graduating to grander larceny. When one of those students, a beautiful but vapid heiress named Massimina, falls in love with him, Morris can almost smell upward mobility.

If you’re going to pick an abandoned building to hide in, don’t make it a Russian Mafia safehouse. A Russian mafia boss found me hiding from my abusive ex. Told me he’d protect me. Sparks flew between us and I ended up spending the night in his penthouse. Then I saw him do something I could never forgive. So I ran before he could do the same to me. I started again on the other side of the country. But the head of the Bratva never forgot me. He stalked me. Kidnapped me. Demanded I marry him. And the worst part is… I just found out I’m pregnant, and he’s the father.Obsessed Bratva...

In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-60s, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. Soon she finds that buried deep in these mountains are whispers of a dark and dangerous history, possibly tied to a group of eight-year-old children.

Le indagini del tenente Roversi 1953, 21 dicembre. Il giovane pastore Nanneddu Murtas è accusato dell'omicidio di Salvatore Tamponi, avvenuto nel nuraghe di Santu Antine. Proprio quando le indagini, condotte dagli uomini della caserma di Foresta Burgos, sembrano aver individuato un altro possibile colpevole, un mandriano del posto, il corpo carbonizzato di Nanneddu viene ritrovato in una capanna. Dell'altro sospettato per l'omicidio di Salvatore Tamponi si perde invece ogni traccia.

Una mattina qualunque, per caso, Nora riconosce un volto in treno. È la persona che le ha distrutto la vita. Lei e il marito Pasquale sono i proprietari a Pescara di una avviata tabaccheria. E proprio in questa sei anni prima nel corso di una rapina un ladro ha ucciso il loro unico figlio Corrado. Nora non può credere che il carnefice di un ragazzo innocente – del loro ragazzo innocente! – possa essere libero dopo così poco tempo. Non può credere che la vita di suo figlio valga tanto poco. Ma è così, tra la condanna per un omicidio preterintenzionale e i benefici carcerari.

The plan was to start over here with the picture-perfect Genova’s pastry elite; not to catch the culprit who iced the last chef. When Paolo’s death goes from natural causes to murder, my trip to the beautiful Italian harbour town turns into a case of spine-chilling whodunit. I whip up confections, not conspiracies. But my scruffy clue-sniffing beagle has different plans for us in this sun-kissed town; to remove the stench of murder. Motives linger as the sous chef, Enzo, craves the spotlight, while Luca, the supplier, has a sour taste left behind after a heated argument. Even Giulia, ...

Will he avenge his family or acknowledge the woman he loves is no longer his enemy? Fifteen years ago, the mafia murdered my family. I’m Connor Barrett - the most powerful man in NYC. I fund politicians, sleep with beautiful women and my enemies don’t know I exist. Yet. I’ve been single-minded in my revenge until a woman with sinful curves pours a drink down the front of my Armani tux. When I learn her surname and discover she is a mafia princess, I have a decision to make. Use her or toss her. But I’m not keeping her. When I agree to become her fake fiancé to get close to her ...