Italian Police

Early one morning, Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigata, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a rough part of town frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers, and as the news of his death spreads, the rumors begin. Enter Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Vigata's most respected detective, who has his doubts about the way Silvio died.

The police chief calls me a thug, but soon he’s going to be calling me his son-in-law. Chief Jackson knows not to mess with the Valenti family. When he tries to frame me for murder, I start plotting my revenge. The only person that hates the police chief more than me is his daughter. But she makes the perfect collateral. I’m going to take everything from the Chief, even his family line. When she’s pregnant with my baby, he’ll stop his useless investigations. Family means everything to me. And Calliope Jackson is my family from now on. Possessive Captor is the first book in The ...

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 ...

A routine drug bust in Little Italy goes horribly wrong when two squads of plainclothes cops start shooting at each other. When the dust clears, one of Detective Erin O’Reilly’s friends in the Street Narcotics unit is dead. Internal Affairs takes control of the investigation, shoving Erin and her comrades to the sidelines. But Erin, her K-9 Rolf, Vic Neshenko, and the SNEU survivors refuse to be benched. They have questions—questions the NYPD doesn’t want to address. Anything Erin and her friends do will have to be unofficial, but they’re not about to let that stop them.

Rick Montoya has just moved from Santa Fe to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He's beginning to settle in to la dolce vita when school friend Beppo, now senior in the Italian Art Squad, recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects, and an expense account, Rick arrives in Tuscany posing as a buyer for a Santa Fe gallery to flush out traffickers in priceless burial urns. However, before sunset on his first day in Volterra, the challenge intensifies. Rick has one quick conversation with a gallery employee who dies minutes later in a brutal fall from a high cliff.

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.

"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."

A killer who stages his victims like works of art. A detective who refuses to look away. When the body of a young woman is found posed with unnerving precision behind an abandoned warehouse on Cleveland’s riverfront, Major Crimes Detective Marisa DiBenedetto is called in. Soon, more victims appear, each arranged with the same grotesque signature. A pattern is emerging, and it’s terrifying. This is no ordinary investigation. The killer is watching. A devoted mother of four, Marisa has built her life on faith, family, and an unshakable sense of justice. But as media pressure intensifies, ...

AN ENGAGING MURDER MYSTERY DETECTIVE THRILLER; SET IN ITALY, WITH UNEXPECTED TWISTS. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Enigma of the Missionary is a roller coaster of betrayal, secrets, murder, mystery, and loss... I could not turn the pages fast enough to find out what would happen next... The plot was masterfully planned and executed." - Readers' Favorite (5-Star Review) A woman’s disappearance hides a terrible truth. After years of lies, a dark secret emerges—not seeking justice, but demanding revenge. Called to investigate a suspicious death, Inspector Massimo Nardi must delve into the past of a...

The goats of Vigàta once grazed on the trash-strewn site still known as the Pasture. Now local enterprise of a different sort flourishes: drug dealers and prostitutes of every flavour. But their discreet trade is upset when two employees of the Splendour Refuse Collection Company discover the body of engineer Silvio Luparello, one of the local movers and shakers, apparently deceased in flagrante at the Pasture. The coroner's verdict is death from natural causes - refreshingly unusual for Sicily.

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.

A famous Hollywood director arrives in Bologna to remake a cult film and the city's renown cinema archive decides to mark the occasion with a screening of the original, only to discover it has disappeared. After English detective Daniel Leicester follows the trail of Love Upon a Razorblade to an apparent murder-suicide, he begins to suspect there may be more at stake than missing negatives—could the film contain a clue to one of the city's most enduring mysteries?

Alla vigilia della festa di san Giuseppe, negli uffici quasi deserti della polizia arriva una strana telefonata. Giorgio Roccella dice al brigadiere che devono vedere una cosa che ha trovato in casa. L'indomani, quando il carabiniere si reca nel villino per rispondere alla chiamata, lo trova con una pallottola in testa e una vecchia Mauser sulla scrivania. Suicidio, decreta il questore. Ma Roccella, prima di morire, ha scritto su un foglio: "Ho trovato." Quel punto incongruo è il primo degli indizi che condurranno il brigadiere verso una verità molto diversa.

Firenze, ottobre 1966. Non fa che piovere. Un bambino scompare nel nulla e per lui si teme il peggio, forse un delitto atroce. Il commissario Bordelli indaga disperatamente, e durante le indagini arriva l’alluvione... La notte del 4 novembre l'Arno cresce, si ingrossa, va a lambire gli archi di Ponte Vecchio, supera gli argini e la città è travolta dalla furia delle acque. Le vie diventano torrenti impetuosi, la corrente trascina automobili, sfonda portoni e saracinesche, riversando nelle strade cadaveri di animali, alberi, mobili e detriti di ogni genere.

Sono sette. Gigi, il Presidente, il Cinese, Hulk, Mammina, Alex e un ultimo agente scelto che vorrebbe esser chiamato Serpico. Ognuno ha qualcosa da nascondere o da farsi perdonare. Per tutti sono i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, poliziotti che devono ricostruire l'immagine di un commissariato con una macchia difficile da cancellare. Li hanno scelti perché sono sicuri che falliranno... Staremo a vedere.

In una cittadina siciliana imprecisata negli anni '50, l'uccisione di un piccolo imprenditore dà origine all'inchiesta condotta dal capitano dei carabinieri Bellodi, ex partigiano giunto da Parma e animato da un forte senso della giustizia. Gradualmente l'indagine diventa sempre più pericolosa per i poteri forti perché fa emergere una fitta rete di collusione tra mafia e politica. Attraverso la lotta di Bellodi per scoprire la verità, Sciascia rappresenta per la prima volta la mafia in un romanzo.

Obsession is just the beginning, sweetheart. Take a journey with the Obsessive Love Anthology. Fall into the dark romance of stalkers longing from afar. Let the possessive, alpha males overtake you. Put yourself in their shoes. Be the victim in Unlawful Desires, desperate to find some semblance of normalcy with the corrupt police chief. Be the innocent maiden in Criminal Obsessions, followed and watched by the mafia muscle man who saves your life. Be the bad girl in Wicked Appetites, yearning for a better life with a rich man who can give you everything. This anthology is dark, romantic, ...

Catania. Nella grotta di un fiume sotterraneo usata come saletta da un locale molto noto viene ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo: lo hanno accoltellato. Una brutta faccenda su cui dovrà fare luce il vicequestore Vanina Guarrasi che, come se non bastasse, da qualche settimana è pure sotto scorta. "La migliore scrittrice di storie di poliziotte in circolazione". Vincenzo La Barbera, professore di filosofia presso il liceo classico, era un tipo solitario, che usava come casa una vecchia barca a vela ormeggiata nel porto ed era amatissimo dagli studenti.

Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a 15-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she’s ready.

Forse dipende dalla struttura fisica solida, resistente, eredità di miseria e fatica, ma per Arcadipane mollare è fuori questione. Perciò, quando in un cantiere alla periferia di Torino vengono alla luce le ossa di dodici corpi - uomini e donne uccisi con un colpo alla nuca - e una squadra specializzata in crimini della Seconda guerra mondiale lo taglia fuori dal caso, lui non ci pensa nemmeno a farsi da parte. Comincia da questo indizio la sua indagine parallela, nella quale coinvolge Isa, una giovane agente dal carattere impossibile, e Corso Bramard, suo vecchio capo e maestro.