Vito Racanelli

This was extremely fun ride. Story revolves around two murder squad detectives - one older, serious, other younger, highly ambitious and lover-boy :) - as they get involved in what at first seems to be a rather weird murder case in "posh" parts of New York but then escalates extremely fast in bloodbath and high-level political conspiracy on the other side of the world.

Characters are very likeable and presented in an way that is almost cinematic. Although having completely different personalities both detectives are smart, witty and very very tired of their job and seeing the worst people can offer. Story ends with a teaser for a possible follow up books and I have to say I would truly like to follow the adventures of the duo.

Now the weird part.... book could benefit from better editing and page break structure (I think this is what it is called) - some parts look weird because of title on the very end of page (sometimes in cursive) and then story begins on next page with some empty space at the top. I know, maybe nit-picky, but should not happen. Also paragraph formatting is sometimes off - lots of empty space in one line and then very "texty" follow up lines. Again something that can happen to me (as amateur writer and editor) but should be handled by professional editing and page formatting.

And truly weird.... I know that people working on hard murder cases get saturated with violence. There is no way not to be. But when two senior detectives are brutally attacked by assailants unknown (literally physical attack, cold-blooded murder of a person close to them, 1920's style machine gun attack on a vehicle and at the end firebombing of ones home - all attacks in which innocents also die) I would expect PD to act in a way to protect policemen and their families. Maybe this happened in the background, I do not know but I find it weird that nobody mentioned this in any way as story moves on. Like this happens all the time (??? I truly hope not!).

All in all very interesting story, good plot and lots of twist that will keep you on your toes.

Recommended to all fans of thrillers.… (más)

terrorism, conspiracy, international-crime-and-mystery, thriller, suspense, corruption, Italy, NYC, humor, organized-crime, situational-humor, verbal-humor*****

The story is based on real-world events of an aviation disaster, the ‘Ustica Massacre:’ The 40-Year-Old Aviation Mystery Almost exactly 40 years ago, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, civil aviation experienced what would become one of the most mysterious accidents of its history.
Rossi and Turner, partner NYPD detectives start with the body that turns out to belong to an Italian national married to a daughter of a very wealthy New Yorker ad the due diligence takes them to reporters, hit men, a Carabinieri officer, and a whole lot more. Fun guys who do things like sitting in an obvious unmarked police car with opera blasting out the windows. A really great read!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Polis Books via NetGalley. Thank you!… (más)