Italian Crime

In questo fortunato libro d'esordio Malvaldi introduce i mitici vecchietti del BarLume, dove tra partite a carte fuori dagli schemi, battibecchi generazionali...

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.

Per la prima volta insieme tre brevi gialli ambientati in Sicilia, tre storie da tempo introvabili, che confermano lo straordinario talento inventivo...

A guided tour of Boston's underworld, revealing the places where deals were made, people were killed, and bodies were buried.

Il 25 ottobre 2023, dopo tre settimane di devastanti bombardamenti su Gaza, Omar El Akkad pubblica in rete queste parole: "Un giorno, quando sarà sicuro, quando non ci sarà alcun rischio personale nel chiamare le cose con il loro nome, quando sarà troppo tardi per ritenere qualcuno responsabile, tutti diranno di essere stati contro". Il post viene visualizzato più di dieci milioni di volte. La sua veemente denuncia dell'ipocrisia dell'Occidente dinanzi al genocidio di Gaza, del tradimento della sua promessa di libertà e giustizia per tutti, suscita un'eco enorme.

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 ...

My parents sold me like a prized possession. They called it an arranged marriage. I call it a prison sentence. Carlo is everything I fear: cruel, powerful, and relentless. If he finds me, I’m as good as his. So I ran, leaving behind the chains of my family’s so-called honor. But freedom comes with a price. Now, Costantino Bianchi is hunting me down. He’s the Bianchi family’s bounty hunter—a man who never misses his mark. But there’s something different about him. He’s dark and dangerous, but when he looks at me, I see something else: desire. He should drag me back to Carlo. ...

When a renowned wine critic is poisoned at the annual Riley’s Harbour Wine Festival, Anya, the talented chef at La Cucina, suddenly finds herself embroiled in a chilling mystery. Anya is no stranger to pairing wine with gourmet Italian dishes. But when a notorious critic drops dead in front of her tasting booth, she’s haunted by the dizzying tale of secrets and murder. She’s a chef, not a sleuth, but when the charming detective, Ethan, asks her to use her wine expertise to assist in this chilling case, Anya can’t help but dive in deep. Afterall, murder spoils their idyllic Italian ...

Un giovane spiantato emigrato a Parigi si innamora di un'enigmatica ragazza francese, che scompare nel nulla obbligandolo a una rocambolesca indagine privata. Martino si è già pentito di essersi trasferito a Parigi, troppo cara e respingente. Ma l'amore per la misteriosa Johanna sembra ridargli slancio e, adesso che lei è scomparsa, gli offre anche l'occasione di una missione da compiere. Incappando in personaggi strani e problematici – fra cui un'attivista anarchica e un giovane multimilionario – Martino si troverà immerso in una storia più grande di lui.

Napoli si prepara al Capodanno quando, sul palcoscenico di un teatro di varietà, il grande attore Michelangelo Gelmi esplode un colpo di pistola contro la giovane moglie, Fedora Marra. Non ci sarebbe nulla di strano, se non fosse che dentro al caricatore, tra i proiettili a salve ce n'è uno vero che uccide la donna. Gelmi giura la propria innocenza ma nell’ambiente gira voce che Fedora si fosse innamorata di un altro.... Ricciardi è perplesso e si applica con pazienza a riannodare i fili della vicenda.

Murder is the deadliest art...An invitation to an exclusive event during the Venetian Biennale gives Honorary Consul Nathan Sutherland the perfect chance to drink prosecco in the sunshine and meet some of the greats of the art world. And then a world-famous critic is decapitated by one of the installations in the British Pavilion. A terrible accident, it seems, until a postcard is discovered in the victim's pocket: an image of Judith beheading Holofernes.

A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as “The Chinaman”, starts to investigate.

In 1895, a 22-year-old Italian seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors, the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where she was also the first female prisoner. Enter Cora Slocomb, who launched the first campaign against the death penalty to save Maria.

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.

The plan was to start over here with the picture-perfect Genova’s pastry elite; not to catch the culprit who iced the last chef. When Paolo’s death goes from natural causes to murder, my trip to the beautiful Italian harbour town turns into a case of spine-chilling whodunit. I whip up confections, not conspiracies. But my scruffy clue-sniffing beagle has different plans for us in this sun-kissed town; to remove the stench of murder. Motives linger as the sous chef, Enzo, craves the spotlight, while Luca, the supplier, has a sour taste left behind after a heated argument. Even Giulia, ...

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Morris Duckworth can't get over Massimina, or Mimi, as he likes to refer to her. But then, he should have thought of that before he kidnapped and killed her. Only now, living in Verona and married to Mimi's sister, does he appreciate how much he misses her and how blindly he has stumbled into a trap of fate. Struggling to adjust to his good fortune, with a lavish house and cushy job, our unsavory hero finds that his new success is rife with tribulation: not least his pushy bride's staggering sexual appetite.

Niente può fermarla. Perché scrivere è la sua missione. E solo i libri possono indicarle la strada. Per Vani Sarca fare la ghostwriter è il lavoro ideale. Non solo perché le permette di restarsene chiusa in casa a scrivere, in compagnia dei suoi libri e lontano dal resto dell’umanità, per la quale non prova grande simpatia. Ma soprattutto perché così può sfruttare al meglio il suo dono di capire al volo le persone, di anticipare i loro pensieri, di ricreare il loro stile di scrittura. Una capacità intuitiva innata che fa molto comodo all'editore per cui Vani lavora.

Dieci ragazzini in scooter sfrecciano contromano alla conquista di Napoli. Non temono il carcere né la morte, perché sanno che l'unica possibilità è giocarsi tutto, subito. Ispirandosi a fatti veri, Roberto Saviano racconta la controversa ascesa di una paranza, un gruppo di fuoco legato alla Camorra, in uno straordinario romanzo di innocenza e sopraffazione. Crudo, violento, senza scampo.

On December 5, 2009, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of the murder of Meredith Kercher. In December of the following year, the appeal trial began. Despite the initial verdict, the Italian and international public opinion is widely divided: many are those who think that Amanda and Raffaele are the victims of a miscarriage of justice. Images of the couple have been seen around the world, on the web and on TV screens, creating a true media sensation.But what really took place?