The story of a man in search of happiness.Marco Grassi, a successful manager, loved and respected by friends and colleagues, about to be married to a very beautiful woman and very close to his loving mother, finds the courage to abandon everything to pursue the ”American dream”. But all that comes with a price. Will the Big Apple know how to repay all his sacrifices?PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

The story of a man in search of happiness.Marco Grassi, a successful manager, loved and respected by friends and colleagues, about to be married to a very beautiful woman and very close to his loving mother, finds the courage to abandon everything to pursue the ”American dream”. But all that comes with a price. Will the Big Apple know how to repay all his sacrifices?PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

A New York Times bestseller: "Brunetti amply displays the keen intelligence and wry humor that has endeared this series to so many." — Publishers WeeklyCommissario Brunetti's latest assignment is to look into a minor shop-keeping violation committed by the mayor's future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but has little choice but to comply. Then Brunetti's wife comes to him with a request of her ...

**The 23rd installment in the brilliant Brunetti series from The Sunday Times bestselling author, Donna Leon.A Washington Post Bestseller**A New York Times Bestseller‘Inspired by the real-life looting of the Girolamini Library in Naples, this book adds to Donna Leon’s best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series . . . Leon’s description of the setting is vivid’ New York Times‘Will both de...

The Scent of the Night is the sixth comic detective novel in the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.Montalbano learned how hard it was to put on a wetsuit while in a dinghy speeding over a sea that wasn't exactly calm. Mimì, at the helm, looked tense and worried."Getting seasick?" the inspector asked him at one point."No. Just sick of myself.""Why?""Because every now and then ...

A Christmas gift she can’t refuse…Billionaire Niccolo Da Conti has everything a man could want – the money, the cars, the business empire – but seeing the unbearably enticing Alannah Collins again has sparked his possessive streak. He’ll hire her, seduce her, and cross her off his wish list once and for all!Alannah knows the danger of working too closely with the sensual Sicilian but she’d be a fool to refuse his help launching her business. Now, with Nicco...

Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara knows that the beautiful surface of his adopted city, Florence, hides dark undercurrents. When called in to investigate a series of brutal and apparently random murders, his intuition is confirmed.Distrusted by his superiors and pilloried by the media, Ferrara finds time running out as the questions pile up. Is there a connection between the murders and the threatening letters he has received? Are his old enemies, the Calabrian Mafia, involved? ...

An engrossing novel of murder, organized crime, and politics in contemporary Italy'A powerful and hugely compelling thriller. Dark, worldly and written with tremendous style and assurance' William Boyd'Alec Blume is an inspired creation. An American who has become a commissioner in the Italian police, he's a sly, sardonic loner who gives the impression of knowing Rome better than its natives. [...] Fitzgerald is an elegant, visual w...

'Pure pleasure.' Evening Standard'An absolute treat . . . wittily and slyly written.' Euro CrimeAN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERYWhen the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed, Inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Recovering slowly from surgery, and fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life, Zen is onl...

A stunner . . . an unforgettable novel' SUNDAY TIMES'A crisp and chilling account of temptation and transgression that fans of Patricia Highsmith will adore' INDEPENDENT'A fascinating, succinct and stylish thriller from Italy' GUARDIAN'Raises the standard for crime fiction. Carofiglio's insights into human nature, good and bad, are breathtaking' JEFFERY DEAVEROne hot summer, as world-weary bloodhound Lieutenant Chiti spends sleepless nights hunting for the seria...

A crime reporter. A strange murder. An ex-convict with a dark secret...Onofrio Palillo receives compensation many years after wrongful imprisonment for murder. Whilst trying to arrange an interview, Fabrizio Corsaro, a crime reporter, finds Palillo dead at his home.Investigations reveal incriminating evidence, which lead detectives to arrest Fabrizio himself for the murder. It's left to his...

A charming short story from the author of the celebrated Inspector Montalbano series.Sicily, 1862. In the newly united Italy, Judge Surra arrives in Montelusa to take charge of the local court, in a town where conflict has been kind to a select few.At first, Surra is baffled by the quaint local customs: cryptic anonymous notes, mutterings in the street, tasty - if tasteless - gifts of disembodied animal heads. However, buoyed by his twin passions for justice and fine dining...