Italian Thriller

A beautiful but deadly serial killer is on the loose, dishing out gruesome and lethal punishment to men who reject her … When Rose arrives in Florida to meet her new love, she is stood up at the airport, but chalks it up to a misunderstanding. She soon learns there is more to her boyfriend’s disappearance than him going on a wild drinking bender. After a frustrating and ultimately fruitless search, Rose realizes he is being held against his will. Rose must risk everything to unravel the woman’s deadly plot before she once again loses the man she loves to a killer. Blood & Bone is the ...

The gift … forged in blood, death and brotherhood. Trench will do anything to get it back. Jack Trench, former CIA covert operative and his girlfriend, Lucy Kubota, are enjoying a long-planned vacation of a lifetime in Northern Italy. How can it turn so wrong, so quickly? Their vacation plans are shattered by the theft of Trench’s prized Omega Speedmaster watch from his wrist by a gypsy boy in Milan. Little did Jack and Lucy know that the theft would bring them into the crosshairs of a dangerous criminal organization in Italy. Trench uncovers Royles, the cunning and evil leader of the ...

Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo da Pavia return to Florence hoping for peace and quiet. It is not to be! An unwanted gift greets Leonardo as he enters his workshop. The gift he knows comes with “strings” but not accepting it could come with dire consequences. A debt to Cesare Borgia is incurred. Meanwhile, Florence is in turmoil, religious, social and political unrest leads to violence in the streets. Most horrifying – famous paintings are discovered slashed and burned, and sculptures are reduced to rubble. Which one of the disruptive forces terrorizing the city could be responsible. ...

Former head of the Bonnano crime family, Bill Bonnano, and former undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone (aka Donnie Brasco) have collaborated with David Fisher on a riveting thriller about organized crime.

"Tra i boschi e le pareti rocciose a strapiombo, giù nell'orrido che conduce al torrente, tra le pozze d'acqua smeraldo che profuma di ghiaccio, qualcosa si nasconde. Me lo dicono le tracce di sangue, me lo dice l'esperienza: è successo, ma potrebbe risuccedere. Questo è solo l'inizio. Qualcosa di sconvolgente è accaduto, tra queste montagne. Qualcosa che richiede tutta la mia abilità investigativa. Sono un commissario di polizia specializzato in profiling e ogni giorno cammino sopra l'inferno."

Hundreds of writers have tried to capture life inside the mob, but no one has ever had the inside access to write a book like this one. Drawing on the firsthand experience of former undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone, aka Donny Brasco, as well as former Mafia prince Bill Bonanno, The Good Guys straddles both sides of the law, races relentlessly through the New York City underworld, and crackles with characters and moments so vivid they will never let you go.

A sadistic killer has come to Long Lakes . . . After the harrowing events of the past summer, Valentina Bianco is happy to take it easy, working on her wine importing business and enjoying the beauty of her Eastern Tennessee cabin, Elsewhere. With her boyfriend and FBI agent Jack Erikson all the way across the state, working an important case, she’s content to have a quiet few weeks ahead of her. But all is not quiet in idyllic Long Lakes. A new resident has moved into the gated community, a famous actor hiding from his past. He has secrets, and they’re about to catch up with him. From ...

Alice was a hopeful young graduate student when, on a beautiful August night, her body was found in the woods. She'll always remember the night she was murdered. And she still suffers the grief and rage that destroyed her family. But what Alice regrets most is the last fight she had with her boyfriend, Enrico - and the fact that she never had the chance to tell him something that would have changed everything. A decade later, Enrico has returned to the provincial town where Alice lived and died, to sell his family home.

Madison may be the best Admiral Cutter has but what are the limits of trust?Madison finds out when Cutter is arrested for treason! Now she must fight for the more than the man’s good name, she must save his life. Or, does she? Buy Your Copy Today!

Dicembre 1964. Scipione Macchiavelli, giovane funzionario di Pubblica sicurezza, viene trasferito dal commissariato romano «Via Veneto» a Noto, in Sicilia. Ad accoglierlo, oltre a un ambiente per lui quantomeno inusuale, c'è un'indagine assai piú complessa di quelle a cui era abituato. Nella capitale ha avuto a che fare con casi non troppo impegnativi; appena arrivato nell'estremo Sud della penisola gli tocca occuparsi della misteriosa scomparsa di un notabile del luogo.

Count Falier urges his Venetian son-in-law Guido Brunetti to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the Count's best friend, the elderly Gonzalo Rodriguez de Tejada, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under arcane Italian inheritance laws this man would then be heir to Gonzalo's entire fortune, a prospect Gonzalo's friends find appalling. Then Gonzalo unexpectedly, and literally, drops dead on the street, and his good friend Berta Dodson, just arrived in Venice for the memorial service, is strangled in her hotel room.

Quando riceve una telefonata dalla sua ex compagna di università Gabby, che la invita a trascorrere il Natale nella sua casa sul lago in una sperduta località della Scozia, Sasha sa che sarebbe meglio non accettare. Dodici anni prima, mentre festeggiava la Vigilia di Natale con le cinque persone a lei più care, era accaduto un fatto orribile che aveva cambiato per sempre la loro amicizia. E da allora Sasha non ne ha più parlato con nessuno.

ONE NIGHT. It was only supposed to be one night... How did it turn into so much more? Emma Waterhouse doesn't have time for guys. College classes and fun with her roommates are more than enough to keep her busy. But when her roommates drag her out for a night of drinking and dancing, she's ready to let loose for one night and break all her own rules. Lorenzo Romano is the hottest guy Emma has ever seen and he seems to only have eyes for her. Is he too good to be true? What can one night hurt? One night of hot, mind-blowing action with Lorenzo will be enough, right? Things take a turn when ...

L'americana Amelia Bennett, fan accanita di Jane Austen, abbandona il noioso tour di una magione inglese, solo per imbattersi in un uomo ancor più fascinoso dello stesso Mr. Darcy. Il bell'aristocratico Tom Calder, in procinto di perdere la dimora avita divorata dai debiti di famiglia, invita la sua ospite ad approfittare della pregiata scelta di vini della tenuta. Ma quando l'indomani si svegliano a letto assieme, entrambi ancora preda dei fumi dell'alcol, si convincono di aver assistito a un omicidio.

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.

Though she still misses her late husband, Carlo, Bria couldn't be happier that their dream bed and breakfast, Bella Bella, is humming along nicely. Of course, even on the stunning Amalfi Coast, things seldom run smoothly. Like Bria's mother and mother-in-law dueling over a suitable communion site for Bria's eight-year-old son Marco. Bria's also juggling the demands of the famous Chef Lugo, his producer, Massimo, and Pippa, a member of the production crew who is staying at Bella Bella for a nice, long-term stay . . .

Adalgisa Calligaris ne ha fatta di strada, dopo avere lasciato il suo paese natale. Ha accumulato successi combattendo il crimine organizzato, ha sopportato minacce e pericoli. E ora il commissario ha deciso di concedersi un po' di riposo. Quale posto migliore di Rivorosso? Al massimo dovrà acciuffare qualche ladruncolo. E lei, donna dura, brusca, per niente bella ma con un'intelligenza imbattibile, non ne è certo spaventata. E, invece, a qualche ora dal suo insediamento, la tranquilla cittadina di provincia viene scossa dal rinvenimento di un cadavere.

Rick's fourth investigation should not have involved crime. It begins when Rick is asked by his uncle to go to Orvieto to talk some sense into his cousin Fabrizio, whose fling with a married woman is embarrassing the family. Rick agrees to give it a try and plans a short but romantic weekend in Orvieto with Betta Innocenti, the woman he met in Bassano. What could go wrong? Less than a day after their arrival, his language skills draw him into the brutal murder of an American visitor.

AN INTRICATE MYSTERY FULL OF BURIED SECRETS. "This was a great murder mystery that wrapped itself around a colorful and interwoven cast of characters... Shadow of Punishment has the spirit and momentum of an Agatha Christie mystery".~by K T Bowes for Readers' Favorite (5-Star Review) "The author has done a good job of delving into the minds of all the characters, giving us a psychological insight that adds depth to a story already packed with suspense".~by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers' Favorite (5-Star Review) "Shadow of Punishment is a fantastic crime novel... Murder, intrigue, suicide,...

The Whitstable Pearl restaurant has been busy all summer while Pearl’s detective agency has brought few interesting cases - until a prospective client calls. Christina Scott confides that seven years ago she had the perfect life with a seaside home, a confirmed pregnancy and Steven, a loving husband - until one morning, she woke to find herself alone. Christina’s husband had vanished, taking nothing with him but his car - which was later found abandoned at the beautifully mysterious Oare Marshes.