Italian Crime

Sold as livestock. Claimed by a monster. Rising as a queen. Hana Tanaka was raised to be invisible. As a mixed-race Omega in a traditional Japanese Yakuza clan, her existence is a stain on her grandfather's honor. For twenty years, she has been bleached, straightened, and silenced—trained to be a porcelain doll. Until she is sold. Shipped to New York like cargo to secure a shipping alliance, Hana is delivered to the Rossi crime family. Her new owner intended her to be a docile broodmare, a quiet fixture in his violent world. But they underestimated the blood running through her veins. ...

THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE QUEEN OF SPADES CRIME THRILLER SERIES. From award-winning journalist and USA TODAY Bestselling author Kristi Belcamino. What readers are saying: ★★★★★ “Another edge of your seat read by Kristi Belcamino.”
 ★★★★★“Queen of Spades is an action-driven book with a gripping storyline; I read it in one day as I simply could not put it down.” - MaryAnn Forbes
 ★★★★★WORTHY OF 10+ STARS” - Amazon ⚠️Warning! Be prepared to lose sleep and skip chores while reading this series! Book 1: Queen of Spades When Eva Santella’s father...

Blood feuds, billion-dollar cocaine empires, and the mafia you’ve never heard of.... For decades, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Neapolitan Camorra stole the spotlight. But in the shadows of Calabria, another brotherhood was rising — one more disciplined, more secretive, and far deadlier. Today, the Ndrangheta is the richest and most powerful crime syndicate in the world, controlling up to 80% of Europe’s cocaine trade and laundering billions through banks, construction firms, and global finance. From kidnapped heirs chained in mountain caves to multi-ton shipments of cocaine ...

Nestled high in the Tuscan hills lies Villa Volpone, home to renowned crime writer Jonah Moore and his creative writing course. It’s also the last place retired DCI Dan Armstrong expected to spend his retirement! Dan’s no writer, but maybe this break will help him to think about the next chapter in his own life story? But only days into the course, Jonah Moore is found stabbed to death with his award-winning silver dagger! And Dan finds himself pulled out of retirement with a killer to catch.

They were the DeMeo gang - the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast. Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling.

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 ...

An arranged marriage to the Russian hitman... and his twin brother? It's an outrage! Mafia princess Marie Lauro always knew that duty to the family was worth any sacrifice, but she never believed her father would order her to be married against her wishes. Roman and Alek Borosliev are new pawns in the ongoing turf war between the Russian Mob and Italian Mafia. Twenty years of peace is nearly shattered when Roman receives orders that he is to take the Mafia princess as his bride. But the Russian twins have ideas of their own about what kind of bride they really want, ideas that would shock ...

My one-night stand has me on the run from a deadly hitman. Now is not the time to find out I’m pregnant. The Chicago mafia does not take arranged marriages lightly. So when my father promises me to the son of a powerful Don, I know my fate is sealed. I needed one last night of mindblowing passion. That’s when I met him. He had the body of a Greek god, And could charm the panties off any woman. I didn’t care what his name was, Chances are, I’d never see him again. Or so I thought... Because a few weeks later, that stranger turns out to be the man I’m engaged to. Anthony Giovanni: ...

He hired me to capture his soul on canvas. I never expected to hand him my own. I’m Sienna Vale—an artist who reads people with a single brushstroke. My latest commission: Nico Moretti, Dallas’s reclusive “philanthropist.” One look at him and every color on my palette turns to danger. His mother wants a portrait. Nico wants me. The FBI wants dirt on his empire—using my studio as the perfect listening post. Now I’m trapped between the man who ruins me with a glance and the agents who can ruin us both. If I spy on Nico I could finally learn what really happened to my family. If ...

People mistake her for an average teenage girl … That’s often their last mistake. After being the youngest and the most dangerous assassin at the secret Italian facility that teaches young women how to kill, Rose abandoned her training to live as a normal teenager. Years later, her dark past and worst enemies catch up with her and destroy everything she holds dear. Now she only has one thing on her mind—a deadly vendetta. She won’t rest until there is blood on her hands one more time. Even if some of the blood ends up being her own. Blood & Roses is the first book in the Vigilante ...

In Windy City Mafia: The Chicago Outfit, retired detective and Gangland Wire podcast host Gary Jenkins dives into his extensive audio archives to bring readers some of the most captivating stories from over 300 episodes. Jenkins recounts notorious tales such as "Al Capone on the Golf Course" and "The Trial of Al Capone," revealing lesser-known details like Al Capone's golf games with Machine Gun Jack McGurn and Fred "Killer" Burke. The book also covers more recent figures in the Outfit, including Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo's rise from Frank Nitti's enforcer to the boss of the Chicago ...

"Little Italy Murder" is a gritty crime novel set in the heart of New York City during the dark days of the early 20th century. Witness the birth of organized crime and the infamous "Black-Hand" society as they sew terror into NYC's Italian-American community.The plot unravels amidst urban grime, when on April 14, 1903, a mutilated body tucked into a barrel is discovered on East Eleventh Street, sparking the beginning of citywide panic. What follows is an in-depth exploration into the depths of the Black-Hand gang's heinous activities, led by brutal mafia leaders, Giuseppe Severin and ...

An old family secret leads from the streets of Sydney to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coast, in this immersive historical mystery from #1 international bestselling author Tara Moss Pacific Ocean, 1907. A girl embarks on a journey to begin a new life far from home. Naples, 1943. A woman...

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history...

Il Guerriero River Channing è l’eroe per eccellenza: ex operatore delle Forze Speciali, con un corpo forgiato dal pericolo e occhi che abbattono ogni mia difesa. La sua presenza è travolgente, un mix ipnotico di sicurezza e magnetismo grezzo che fa accelerare il cuore di Kat e le confonde i pensieri. Ma River è molto più di un guerriero: è un uomo tormentato dai suoi demoni. Il Mistero Kat McDonald, l’enigmatica assistente del Golden Team, è una donna a cui River non riesce a resistere, nonostante tutte le regole che si è imposto proprio per evitare una situazione come questa. È...

Instant New York Times bestseller! "Weeks before thieves broke into the Louvre, James Patterson started promoting an upcoming jewelry heist novel. The Picasso Heist is now ripped-from-the-headlines relevant."—USA Today A $100 million painting. A previously unknown Picasso is discovered in the...

They had it all -- love, privacy, security... Until betrayal and lies forced them apart. Now, seven years later, Charli is on the run with her young son. Their lives are at stake, and the only ones who can help her are Tek and Nico, the brothers she burned so long ago. Thrown together by fate, they'll need to learn to trust each other again if any of them are to survive. Charli Capelli - A strong, fierce woman, determined not to let anything stand in the way of saving her son from a life of violence. Tek Lauro - Brilliant and intense, his silence masks a rage that time hasn't dimmed. Nico ...

Marked by vengeance, branded as mine—Lucia Terlizzi will be the key to my revenge. Dante Terlizzi has to pay. Two years ago, he broke his betrothal to my sister. Two months ago, his brother stole the bride meant for my best hitman. There’s an unwritten rule about family members and children… But f*ck the rules. Lucia is the baby of the Terlizzi family. Now I’m going to put my baby in her. We’ll see how Dante likes it when I take what’s his. I’ll dress his pretty little sister in the finest clothes. I’ll shower her in diamonds and jewels. I’ll make Dante regret ever double ...

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 ...

I’m a mafia princess, hidden from a throne I never knew was mine. In an arranged marriage since birth to a Mafia King who hates me. Nico, a cold, terrifying Mafia King, throws a marriage contract at my feet. Turns out I’m a mafia princess. And he’s my fiancé I run. The chase excites him. He cages me. Claims we die if we don’t fulfill the contract. Less than a year to live. And I don’t plan to die. I plan to outplay him. And he lets me believe I’m winning. He throws himself in front of danger to protect me. He doesn’t ask if I’m afraid. He removes the threats. I want him ...