The American
- Bib ID:
- 8038283
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dalbuono, Nadia, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Brunswick, Victoria, Victoria : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, 2015
- 1 online resource (368 pages).
- ISBN:
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- 1925307026
- 9781925307023
- Series:
- Leone Scamarcio
- Summary:
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The second Leone Scamarcio thriller. As autumn sets in, the queues outside the soup kitchens of Rome are lengthening, and the people are taking to the piazzas, increasingly frustrated by the deepening economic crisis. Detective Leone Scamarcio is called to an apparent suicide on the Ponte Sant'Angelo, a stone's throw from Vatican City. A man is hanging from the bridge, his expensive suit suggesting yet another businessman fallen on hard times. But Scamarcio is immediately troubled by similarities with the 1982 murder of Roberto Calvi, dubbed 'God's Banker' because of his work for the Vatican Bank. Scamarcio's instincts are soon proved correct when a cardinal with links to the bank is killed. And when US Intelligence warn Scamarcio to drop his investigation, he knows that the stakes are far higher than he first realised. Ignoring their threats, Scamarcio pushes on, but his progress is being monitored by some of the world's most powerful men, who will stop at nothing to make sure their dirty work stays under cover. In breathtaking developments that link 9/11, America's dirty wars, Vatican corruption, the Mafia, and Italy's violence against its own people, Scamarcio has to deal with responsibilities far above his pay grade. PRAISE FOR NADIA DALBUONO 'A rollercoaster ride ... Unsettling but compelling.' The Sun '[P]its the little guy against the global forces that shaped the late twentieth and early twenty first century behind the scenes ... a taut, well constructed thriller.' PS News A pulsating, audacious thriller that takes an honest Italian cop on a deeply troubling trip into the heart of state power in Italy and America A sequel to The Few, this will raise Nadia Dalbuono's growing reputation as an emerging talent in the genre To be followed by at least two more Leone Scamarcio thrillers For fans of Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri.
- Subject:
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- Scamarcio, Leone, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Corruption investigation -- Vatican City -- Fiction
- Criminal investigation -- Italy -- Fiction
- Organized crime -- Italy -- Fiction
- Corruption investigation
- Crime & mystery
- Criminal investigation
- Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
- Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
- Fiction - Suspense
- Fiction - Thrillers
- Fiction / Crime
- Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime
- Fiction / Thrillers / Crime
- Fiction / Thrillers / Political
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- Organized crime
- Thriller / suspense
- Italy
- Vatican City
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Scribe
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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