Book 3 in de Giovanni's bestselling "Bastards of Pizzofalcone" series
is set in contemporary Naples during season of cold winds, political
hijinks, and murder.
A heinous, double murder in a squalid apartment on the wrong side of
town pits Inspector Lojacono, Di Nardo and the rest of the motley
collection of cops known as the "bastards" of the Pizzofalcone precinct
against their superiors, the press, and the local political hierarchy.
Only by bringing the killer to justice can they save their reputations
and the department.
De Giovanni is one of the most versatile, prolific, and successful
Eurpean mystery in Europe. His award-winning and bestselling novels, all
set in Naples, offer a brilliant vision of the criminal underworld and
the lives of the cops in Europe's most fabled, atmospheric, dangerous,
and lustful city.