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NONNA MARIA AND THE CASE OF THE LOST TREASURE!
ON SALE NOW!
Nonna Maria, "one of the most
charming amateur sleuths ever created" (Tess Gerritsen), dodges
assassins and hunts for hidden treasure in this transporting
mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo
Carcaterra.
As Nonna Maria's longtime friend and sometimes colleague,
Captain Murino in charge of the local carabinieri never wanted
to see harm brought to the doorstep of everyone's favorite
espresso-brewing, counsel-giving amateur sleuth. But when you
live a long life, you're bound to make a few enemies. And when
those enemies come calling, you have to rely on friends. Faced
with an assassin seeking revenge for a decades-old grudge,
Captain Murino has no choice but to turn to Maria, who must use
all her neighborly resources, clever faculties, and web of
connections to save him from his perilous predicament.
"Back
in action on her beloved Italian island of Ischia, amateur
detective Nonna Maria uses her grandmotherly wiles…an
entertaining mystery steeped in local lore.”
--Kirkus Reviews
“This is a
book to be savored…it brilliantly portrays the island, the local
people, the sites, and the customs on the island, bringing them
to life…a moving, charming and enjoyable cozy mystery”
--Mystery &
Suspense Magazine
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NONNA MARIA
NOW AVAILABLE IN TRADE PAPERBACK!
Nonna Maria, “one of the most charming
amateur sleuths ever created” (Tess Gerritsen), sets out to clear her
goddaughter’s name and uncover the checkered past of an unidentifiable
victim in this transporting mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling
author Lorenzo Carcaterra.
Nonna Maria has a lot on her plate—and it’s not just fresh pasta. Two
crimes have rocked the sun-drenched island of Ischia, and once again,
the island’s denizens have called upon the espresso-brewing, sage
counsel-giving sleuth.
A wealthy woman alleges a valuable necklace was stolen from her hotel
room. The necklace, she claims, has been in her family for decades. She
blames one of the young women working on the cleaning crew as the most
likely suspect—a young woman who turns out to be Nonna Maria’s
goddaughter. She takes the heat, but privately, she proclaims her
innocence.
Nearby, the body of a woman found on a curved road near the borough of
Barano. The woman is not known to anyone on the island. She has no
purse, no identification. The one potential suspect is a young friend of
Nonna Maria’s who drove by the area that very night and thinks that he
may have hit something—a pothole; an animal; or maybe, the woman in
question.
It turns out, this woman has a history on the island, having left it
decades ago. But why did she return, and more importantly, who killed
her? Like the links of a beautiful, missing necklace, it’s up to Nonna
Maria to string together the clues and solve these two mysteries before
death comes for Ischia again.
"Nonna Maria is beautifully brought to life in this cozy mystery
framed by the lovingly described, sun-soaked Ischia setting and
enlivened by the quirky characters..."
-Booklist
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Listen to a
Cozy Corner Podcast with
Lorenzo Carcaterra!
Click the play button below:
TASTE Podcast 111: Molly Stevens
& Lorenzo Carcaterra
Molly is the cookbook author behind the “All About”
trilogy—that would be All About Braising, All About Roasting, and All
About Dinner.
Also on today’s show, we have a talk with Lorenzo Carcaterra, the writer
behind the book Sleepers, which was adapted into a 1996 film starring
Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. We talk about what food was like when
he was growing up in Hell’s Kitchen and about his latest book, Nonna
Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride.
Click the play button below:
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