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One Book in the Grave: A Bibliophile Mystery (Bibliophile Mystery #5)
by Kate CarlisleThere may be grave consequences for bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright as she attempts to solve two murders tied to one book... Brooklyn's chance to restore a rare first edition of Beauty and the Beast seems a fairy tale come true--until she realizes the book belonged to an old friend of hers. Ten years ago, Max Adams, a brawny renowned papermaker, fell in love with a stunning beauty, Emily, and gave her the copy of Beauty and the Beast as a symbol of their love. Soon afterward, he died in a car crash, and Brooklyn has always suspected his possessive ex-girlfriend and her jealous beau. Now she decides to find out who sold the book and return it to its rightful owner--Emily. She believes a rare book dealer can assist her, but when she arrives at his shop, she finds him murdered. Is it possible that the same couple who may have killed Max are now after his edition of Beauty and the Beast? With the help of her handsome boyfriend, Derek Stone, Brooklyn must unravel the murder plot--before she ends up in a plot herself....
Pages of Sin (Bibliophile Mystery #4.5)
by Kate CarlisleThe author of Murder Under Cover presents an all-new novella in the Bibliophile Mystery series starring Brooklyn Wainwright.<P> After Wanda Frawley's tragic suicide, rare book expert Brooklyn receives a box of Wanda's old books--including a copy of Pride and Prejudice that contains a very interesting letter addressed to the deceased's spouse. In it, Wanda's sister professes her love for Wanda's husband...and soon, other pieces of correspondence are discovered between the covers, hinting at sordid secrets--and, perhaps, murder....
The Paper Caper (Bibliophile Mystery #16)
by Kate CarlisleSan Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library&’s first annual Mark Twain Festival. She&’ll rebind a rare first edition of The Prince and the Pauper before an enthusiastic audience of book nerds—her favorite people. The festival is the passion project of wealthy media mogul, book lover, and newspaper owner Joseph Cabot, who considers himself Twain&’s biggest fan. Brooklyn&’s hunky husband, Derek, and his security team once rescued Joseph from a corporate kidnapping attempt. Now Derek and his agents are charged with keeping Joseph and his beautiful young wife safe during the festivities taking place all over town. The centerpiece of the festival is a citywide contest based on The Prince and the Pauper: one lucky look-alike will trade places with Joseph for a few days—with access to all the money and power that Joseph commands. Brooklyn and Derek worry that the contest might be generating some dangerous attention. And when someone is mysteriously poisoned right before Brooklyn&’s eyes, she&’s not convinced that the victim was the intended target. Now she and Derek must frantically chase clues and suspects through the streets of San Francisco before another murder becomes front-page news. . . .
Peril in Paperback: A Bibliophile Mystery
by Kate CarlisleA New York Times Bestseller -- Rare books and antiquities expert Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be invited to the fiftieth birthday party of her neighbor Suzie's aunt Grace. A retired founder of a video game corporation, Grace is a larger-than-life character who's turned her Lake Tahoe mansion into a fun house. Brooklyn is most excited to catalog Grace's extensive collection of rare pulp fiction. Part of the fun involves a séance, but after the lights flicker, one guest is dead.
Premeditated Mortar (A Fixer-Upper Mystery #8)
by Kate CarlisleContractor Shannon Hammer gets tangled up in murder at a spooky old asylum in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle. . . .Shannon Hammer is about to embark on one of the biggest projects of her career. Her best friend Jane Hennessey has purchased one wing of the Gables, formerly the old state insane asylum, located on a bucolic hillside two miles northeast of Lighthouse Cove. Jane plans to turn her section into a small luxury hotel complete with twenty ocean-view rooms, a spa, and a restaurant.Shannon is raring to get started on the enormous project and is shocked when a group of unruly protesters shows up at the groundbreaking ceremony and wreaks havoc. She&’s even more freaked-out when someone pushes her into a pit of bricks in a closed-off room of the asylum. Despite her close call, Shannon wants nothing more than to get back to work . . . until she finds a body not far from where she was pushed. Now Shannon is determined to get to the bottom of the goings-on at the Gables even if it kills her. . . .
Ripped From the Pages (Bibliophile #9)
by Kate CarlisleWhen book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents' place in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels aren't the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma....<P><P> Excited to explore the secrets of wine country, Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her parents' commune--and the findings are explosive. A room is unearthed, and it contains a treasure trove of artwork, rare books, a chest of jewelry...and a perfectly mummified body. A closer examination of the murdered man's possessions reveals a valuable first edition of Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth. Hidden in the book is a secret map that unveils an even greater hoard of treasures brought to California by French winemakers fleeing the Nazi invasion with the commune leader's grandfather, Anton, among them. As reporters and art appraisers flock to Sonoma to see the precious bounty, questions begin to rise--did Anton hide these items to protect them, or did he steal them for himself? Who is the mysterious man left for dead inside the cave? But not all crime is buried in the past. When a new presence threatens the town's peace, Brooklyn decides to do a little excavating of her own and solve the mystery of the treasure before anyone else is written off....From the Hardcover edition.
Shot Through the Hearth (A Fixer-Upper Mystery #7)
by Kate CarlisleContractor Shannon Hammer is measuring murder motives in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Wrench in the Works and Eaves of Destruction...Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living.Raphael's old business partner arrives in town with a grudge and a plan to steal him away from his important new passion project. Shannon knows her friend has no intention of giving up Marigold and is proud of Raphael for sticking to his guns. But when his former associate winds up dead, all signs point to Raphael. It's up to Shannon to hammer out the details of the murder before her friend gets pinned for the crime...
This Old Homicide: A Fixer-Upper Mystery
by Kate CarlisleContractor and part-time sleuth Shannon Hammer specializes in improving the quirks and flaws of the Victorian homes in Lighthouse Cove, California. The quirks and flaws of their residents are another story.... <P><P>Valentine's Day is approaching, and while Shannon is delighted to be friends with not one but two handsome men, not everyone in town is feeling the love. After her elderly neighbor Jesse Hennessey fails to make his daily appearance at the local diner, Shannon swings by his place to check on him. Not only does she find Jesse dead--of an apparent heart attack--but she also realizes that his home has been ransacked. Someone suggests that a thief was searching for a priceless necklace Jesse claimed to have retrieved from a capsized sailing ship, but Shannon doesn't believe it. Everyone knows Jesse had a penchant for constructing tall tales--like the one about him having a hot new girlfriend. But his death is soon ruled a homicide, and shady suspects begin popping out of the woodwork. When another victim turns up dead, Shannon is convinced she must find the killer before someone else gets nailed....
The Twelve Books of Christmas (Bibliophile Mystery #17)
by Kate CarlisleThe first ever Christmas mystery in the beloved New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series!San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright and her hunky security-expert husband, Derek Stone, face a locked-room murder mystery during the holidays in Scotland.In the middle of a wonderful Christmas holiday in Dharma, Brooklyn and Derek receive a frantic phone call from their dear friend Claire in Loch Ness, Scotland. The laird of the castle, Cameron MacKinnon, has just proposed to her! They plan to be married on New Year&’s Day, and they want Derek and Brooklyn to be their witnesses. And while they&’re visiting, Claire hopes that Brooklyn will be able to solve a little mystery that&’s occurred in the castle library—twelve very rare, very important books have gone missing.Once in Scotland, Brooklyn starts working on the mystery of the missing books but is soon distracted by all of the thumping and bumping noises she&’s been hearing in the middle of the night. You&’d think the Ghost of Christmas Past had taken up residence. But when one of the guests is poisoned and another is killed by an arrow through the heart, Brooklyn and Derek know this is not the work of any ghost. Now they must race to find a killer and a book thief before another murder occurs and their friends&’ bright and happy future turns dark and deadly.
A Wrench in the Works (A Fixer-Upper Mystery #6)
by Kate CarlisleContractor Shannon Hammer has to dig through murder suspects in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Eaves of Destruction and Once Upon a Spine.Don't miss the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer-Upper Mystery series!Shannon Hammer's younger sister Chloe left Lighthouse Cove after high school to make it big in Hollywood. And she did it! For several years now, Chloe has been the co-host of a popular home repair show on the Do-It-Yourself Network. Now, after ten years, Chloe returns to Lighthouse Cove with her crew and co-host to film several shows featuring her sister Shannon, along with some special mini-segments on Victorian style and design. But Shannon realizes quickly that things are not exactly blissful in TV land. Her sister's handsome co-host is being stalked by someone who turns out to be his estranged wife, Erica--who also happens to be the executive producer of the show. Erica's got a knack for stirring up sticky situations and when she's found dead, Chloe and the entire crew are under suspicion. Shannon soon discovers the real reason why Chloe was so eager to move away from Lighthouse Cove all those years ago. Can Shannon figure out if that ten-year-old secret is connected to Erica's death? And can she track down the real killer before her beloved sister becomes the next victim?
La splendida storia di un uomo orrendo
by Jacopo Di Carlo Micky Bane"La pazzia è un punto di vista" assicura Román, protagonista di questo racconto breve, in cui la pazzia e la verità si mischiano e sono divise solo da un tenue filo di equanimità. In "La splendida storia di un uomo orrendo" non possiamo sapere con certezza dove ci troviamo, se nella mente perversa di un crudele assassino o nella terribile realtà descritta dalle sue vittime.
Carnal (Wind Dancer #3)
by Jianne CarloMoney, power, and women all come easy to Harrison Indiana Ford. Yet he wants more,to ensure his daddy’s oil fortune goes to him, not Delora, the stepmother who seduced him as a teenager. If Harry doesn’t marry a virgin and produce an heir before he turns thirty-two, Delora inherits it all. D-day and unpredictable circumstances force Harry to hire a matchmaker and marry a stranger. Martine’s survived the streets of Haiti’s capital with her virginity intact, but she’s no innocent. Fleeing persecution, she stows away on a cargo ship, and enters France illegally. Desperate for the million Euro Harry offers so she can bring her ailing grandmother to France, she signs the pre-nuptial contract using forged documents. Delora’s not about to let a billion dollars slip through her hands. There are too many ways to sabotage a relationship and prevent a pregnancy. And it’s so easy to foster suspicion and hatred where there’s no trust. What Delora doesn’t count on is the explosive sexual relationship that develops between Harry and Martine. As lust morphs into caring, Delora’s detectives search for Martine’s hidden secrets. How did Martine get from Haiti to France? This book was originally released in September of 2010, and has been substantially updated and reedited for this edition.
Demon (The Hades Squad #4)
by Jianne CarloDemon rescued Jacinta, a curvy, luscious female whose virginity he took in front of four armed men, from certain gang rape, being shot, and who knew what else? Talk about the best laid plans backfiring. Demon’s carefully plotted scheme to capture the man who abused him, Pedro Nunez, aka The Smiling Killer, was not off to a good start. Jacinta claimed to have lived her whole life in a cloistered convent. Claimed she was an orphan. Claimed she’d only lived in the outside world for fifty-seven days. Yet she was the mirror image of Pedro’s sister, Rosa. The sister Pedro murdered fifty-seven days ago. There were no coincidences in life. Not for a retired SEAL. Was Jacinta to be Pedro’s ultimate revenge on Demon?
Devil (The Hades Squad #3)
by Jianne CarloThe last person Devil expects to see in a BDSM club is the best friend of his buddy’s new wife, Jessica Blaine. The all-American apple pie woman he craves, it’s her face he’s seen during every orgasm for the last nine months. Is she playing? Exploring? Tough, she’s on his turf now, she’s put herself up for auction, and by God, she’s his for the night. Jess is scared spitless. She’s going to sell her services to the man who may have killed Aung, the college student she mentors who vanished three weeks earlier. When the wrong man, a masked stranger, wins the auction, she has no choice but to proceed. Horrified when she responds to the masked stranger, Jessica flees. Devil lets her go, fully intending to reel her in. His way.
The Hades Squad Boxed Set
by Jianne CarloSinner, Satan, Lucifer, Devil, and Demon, are ex-SEALs embarking on civilian life with a new security firm, The Hades Squad. Each man meets his mate in unusual circumstances. Sinner lands in Destiny’s Pear Tree, Devil finds his all-American Jess in a BDSM club, Lucifer doesn’t recognize his best friend’s grown up sister, Nalini, Demon rescues his Jacinta from a gang rape, and Satan finds his Angel on his own doorstep.
Lucifer (The Hades Squad #2)
by Jianne CarloThis book is a re-release of an older title originally published in 2010—it has been edited and expanded from the original version. After Nalini seduces Lucifer, she discovers he’s been hired to find her by the groom she jilted at the altar. Lucifer never loses his cool, never acts on impulse, never indulges in one-night stands, until one sultry Santa Fe night and Nalini. Nalini’s teenage love for Lucifer never wavers, even though she hasn’t seen him in eight years. Their universe-shattering sex stuns Lucifer, so he suggests another date. Nalini blithely informs him she’s engaged. Lucifer’s outraged - she used him. Lucifer’s hired to find a runaway bride, Nalini, the daughter of close friends of his parents who are strict Hindus. What’s Lucifer to do when he discovers Nalini’s the mystery woman from his recent one-night-stand? The one where the condom broke?
Manhandled (Wind Dancer #1)
by Jianne CarloRolan Paxton, the Boston Buffalos’ celebrated wide receiver, dominates the football world for twelve years. Fame and fortune fall into his lap. He rides the rainbow, collecting championship game wins and women. Disillusioned, unable to pinpoint exactly what’s missing, he runs into Sarita Khan, the nose-in-a-book classmate whose virginity he claimed on prom night twelve years earlier. Sarita never thought she’d see Rolan again. Notre Dame recruited him two days after prom, two days after he took her virginity. What were the odds of her son’s father chartering the luxury yacht she’s crewing for twelve years later? And that he still makes her burn like he did on prom night? Sarita wants Rolan, but she wants her independence, too. Rolan’s a control freak bent on domination. Determined to master Sarita, Rolan slaps on the manacles—and turns this trip to Monaco into a pleasure cruise. This book was originally released as Manacled in June of 2008, and has been substantially updated and reedited for this edition.
Notorious (Wind Dancer #2)
by Jianne CarloTerrence O’Connor knew all his flaws only too intimately, knew no woman could ever accept the sins of his past, knew he’d die alone. Su-Lin Taylor barges into his world and none of that matters anymore. When Su-Lin’s mother dies, she discovers she has an uncle and aunt, a rich Hong Kong couple who whisk her away to Europe on a fairytale graduation trip. They promise to establish a trust fund for her, which means she’ll never have to worry about money again. Their first stop is France at an exclusive boutique hotel fronting the Mediterranean. A silly mistake pits a naked Terry with a nude Su-Lin in the men’s steam room. Totally smitten, Terry manipulates Su-Lin’s uncle into a three-week cruise aboard his luxury yacht, the Glory. Or so Terry thinks… Adjoining cabins with a connecting door results in explosive sex. Su-Lin and Terry can’t keep their hands off each other, which so upsets her uncle he collapses with chest pains. A guilty Su-Lin insists on secrecy. Mere days later, Terry finds Su-Lin unconscious. Hospital tests point to attempted murder. Who’s trying to kill Su-Lin and why? This book was originally released in March of 2009, and has been substantially updated and reedited for this edition.
Satan (The Hades Squad #5)
by Jianne CarloRetired SEAL Satan ranks liars and talk show hosts lower than ambulance chasers on his list of contemptible occupations, so he goes AWOL when his mansion is the site of a New York blueblood charity auction. He returns home after the event is over, and his doorbell rings. The stunning redhead at the door’s late for the auction. He invites her in with the intention of wooing her to stay. Angel Dare, darling host of the NY talk show circuit, plans to avenge her brother’s murder. Her scheme is a suicidal one—she doesn’t expect to come out of the mission alive. The instant, powerful attraction to Satan stuns her. When he seduces her into spending four days with him, having nothing but monkey sex and fun, she agrees. Better to go out with a bang—or four days of it—than a whimper. Long ago, Satan resigned himself to a solitary life. Angel dropkicks that notion into another galaxy, but she won’t commit to a relationship with him. When she leaves, he discovers that his Angel’s nothing but a rabid liar and a frigging talk show host. Furious, he resolves to cut her out of his life. Then Angel goes missing while she’s playing carnival in her homeland, Trinidad. Jess, Satan’s buddy’s wife, begs him to find her friend, Angel. Why should he bother with the deceitful woman who abused his emotions?
Sinner (The Hades Squad #1)
by Jianne CarloReview Passionate Plume Best Contemporary Romance Winner! The Romance Reviews TOP PICK: Reviewed by Rho Whew, baby! Jianne Carlo sure knows how to make me blush. This book has everything I LOVE in my romance novels. The hero is deliciously alpha and utterly smitten, the heroine is strong, the story was fast-paced and interesting, and it was sexy beyond belief! A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS TOP PICK! REVIEW: Reviewed by: Dianna Jianne Carlo has written a totally captivating story! Navy SEAL Sinner’s trapped in a blizzard with Destiny, a woman traveling with porn DVDs, whips, and cuffs. When the electricity fails, there’s only one way to stay hot. Navy SEAL Sinner is no choir boy. Deployed to fight an out-of-control brush fire in Alaska, Sinner is the last smoke jumper to exit the plane. Sinner veers off course, his chute fails, his reserve opens, and he’s knocked unconscious when he lands in a pear tree. Sinner awakens in a cabin to the sight of a woman with the face of a Madonna and the body of a stripper tending to him. Destiny is in Alaska, armed with whips, cuffs, and copies of “classic”—who knew?—porn movies, to “sex up” former bestselling author Nadine Roland’s latest manuscript. It’s make or break it time for Destiny, career wise. The last thing she needs is a car that won’t start, a fricking blizzard, and a SEAL named Sinner who thinks she’s into BDSM because of her “toys.” Sinner doesn’t believe Destiny is a book editor, not for a second. He knows they’re trapped in the cabin for at least two days. When the lights go out, Sinner knows exactly how he’s going to stay warm. This book is a rerelease of an older title “A Paratrooper in a Pear Tree” originally published in 2009—it has been edited and expanded from the original version.
El Puñetazo de Ciudad Divertida
by Carlos Alberto Purata Tobias James A. NewmanImagina un mundo sin dinero en efectivo. Un mundo bajo vigilancia. Un mundo en donde adquieres estatus mediante puntos de moralidad. Entra a la Ciudad Divertida de Joe Dylan. Es corrupta hasta el hueso y está bajo el siempre alerta sistema de vigilancia conocido como el Ojo. El dinero ha sido abandonado a favor del sistema de crédito. Todos los ciudadanos están obligados a llevar consigo dispositivos de mano que contienen su puntaje de crédito e información personal. Dylan se está recuperando del programa de ajuste de actitud del gobierno conocido como el Puñetazo desde que sus créditos llegaron a cero. Su hijo adoptado Jimmy está desaparecido, presumiblemente muerto, y su oficina está infestada por ratas antagónicas. Cuando a Dylan se le asigna la tarea de mantener a la artista y socialité Trixie Sloane en el buen camino, su búsqueda lo conduce a una subcultura por debajo de la ciudad donde un grupo de autodefensa llamado La Resistencia planea atacar la ciudad antes de que la última gota de voluntad y dignidad humana sea drenada por los túneles y alcantarillas bajo la metrópolis. Entra al Puñetazo de Ciudad Divertida.
At the End of a Dull Day (The Giorgio Pellegrini Novels #2)
by Massimo CarlottoAn explosive crime thriller from the author of The Goodbye Kiss, “the reigning king of Mediterranean noir” (Boston Phoenix).Giorgio Pellegrini, the hero of The Goodbye Kiss, has been living an “honest” life for eleven years. But that’s about to change. His lawyer has been deceiving him and now Giorgio is forced into service as an unwilling errand boy for an organized crime syndicate. At one time, Giorgio wouldn’t have thought twice about robbing, kidnapping, and killing in order to get what he wanted, but these days he realizes he’s too long in the tooth to face his enemies head-on. To return to his peaceful life as a successful businessman he’s going to have to find another way to shake off the mob. Fortunately, Giorgio’s circumstances may have changed, but deep down he’s still the ruthless killer he used to be.“Carlotto . . . provides a machine-gun pace, a jaundiced eye for political corruption and a refreshing absence of anything approaching a moral vision.” —Kirkus Reviews“Carlotto’s taut, broody Mediterranean noir is filled with blind corners and savage set pieces. Pellegrini’s deeds are unquestionably loathsome, but his witty Machiavellian perspective, amplified by a class rage well attuned to the current Italian zeitgeist, makes you root for him all the same.”—The New Yorker“[Carlotto’s] narration allows gruesome glimpses into an unscrupulous psyche.” —Publishers Weekly“A surprisingly enjoyable romp . . . a very solid noir thriller, and very good (if slightly queasy-making) fun. One of Carlotto’s better works.” —The Complete Review
Bandit Love (The Alligator Mysteries #3)
by Massimo CarlottoClosing the door on a crime-ridden past, Marco Buratti plans to spend the rest of his days in the darkness of seedy nightclub, sipping Calvados and listening to the blues. But things don't quite go as planned and when his gangster friend's girlfriend is kidnapped, Buratti is once again thrown head first into the criminal underworld he has been struggling to escape - a world in which old and new criminal organisations collide and innocent bystanders are as hard to find as straight policemen.
Blues for Outlaw Hearts and Old Whores (The Alligator Mysteries #6)
by Massimo CarlottoThis Alligator mystery, “a simple gangster revenge tale . . . gets more and more emotionally intense . . . Crime writing this good just has to be read” (NB Magazine).International secret police operations, drug trafficking, prostitution, and identity theft set the stage for the eternal struggle between Good and Evil.Acclaimed as one of today’s best contemporary noir writers, Massimo Carlotto reaches new heights in the most complex “Alligator” novel to date. Rich with biting humor, humanity, and psychological insight, this is an exemplary noir novel from a crime writer at the top of his game.Marco Buratti, a.k.a. the Alligator, and his partners Max the Memory and Beniamino Rossini have fallen into a trap laid by their worst enemy, Giorgio Pellegrini, a wanted man who has no intention of living as a fugitive for the rest of his life and turns state evidence, but something goes wrong. Blackmailed by a high government official, the Alligator and his partners are forced to investigate. But they’ve been framed: even if they discover who’s behind the crime, they’ll rot in prison. To survive, some rules will have to be bent, and others broken.“Gripping . . . James Ellroy fans will be satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly“A masterpiece . . . Blues for Outlaw Hearts and Old Whores is Carlotto writing in top form.” —Mystery Tribune“Carlotto’s novels are perfectly balanced, everything moves in the right, often unexpected direction. Sudden turns of events are interspersed with dialogue that reminds of postwar American noir films . . . Somewhere up there Raymond Chandler is surely applauding.” —La Stampa“A fine read, with good writing and flashes of oblique humor.” —Booklist
The Colombian Mule (The Alligator Mysteries #1)
by Massimo Carlotto&“Think The Sopranos meets Goodfellas—without the Americanized gloss . . . [A] not-for-the-faint-hearted novel by an Italian master&” (Reading Matters). In The Colombian Mule, the author called &“the reigning king of Mediterranean noir&” (The Boston Phoenix) and &“the best living Italian crime writer&” (Il Manifesto) brings to riveting life the story of Arías Cuevas, who sets in motion a chain of bloody events when police catch him trying to carry a shipment of La Tía&’s cocaine into Italy. The intended recipient of the coke appears to have been art smuggler Nazzareno Corradi. But Corradi has been set up. He hires a PI known as &“the Alligator&” to get him out of the mess he&’s in. Meanwhile, La Tía, a notoriously ruthless figure in the Colombian drug trade, is determined to move her operation to Italy, where cocaine has become all the rage among the professional classes. There&’s only one thing standing in her way: the Alligator. The Alligator, an ex-con-turned-investigator, and his two companions, former underworld heavy Beniamino Rossini and Max the Memory, are among Massimo Carlotto&’s most vivid noir creations. Together, the three men will wade deep into a criminal world of few scruples, testing their own strict and specific moral code along the way. &“The morally ambiguous tone makes this an intriguing read, and the suspense is well maintained.&” —Manchester Evening News &“A fascinating glimpse into Italian culture and justice system. It&’s sparely written and though quite short, there&’s a lot of action . . . dark and gritty.&” —Euro Crime &“[A] brilliant book.&” —The Friendly Shelf