Milan in 1816. Police inspector Marco Ziani, newly transferred from Trieste, investigates an apparent suicide that leads him to uncover the schemes of a diabolical international conspiracy against the backdrop of a city in the aftermath of Napoleon’s defeat and the return of Austrian rule. His frequent visits to the main suspect, a rich and mysterious Hungarian countess, will change the course of his inquiry and of his life. Translator: Rhys Llwyd PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Who was the moped rider spotted fleeing the scene of a brutal murder?A sunny Sunday morning in Milan. One body - two conceivable targets. Has the right man been assassinated? Who took out the contract? And what was their motive?High-flier, Lieutenant Raphael Conza, the son of an Italian diplomat, is tasked with unravelling the mystery behind the murder outside the Hotel Napoli. It's not going to be a straightforward investigation - key witnesses go missing and someone is leaking details of the case to the press...and others.For the first time in his career, Conza begins to doubt his instincts and is torn between his pursuit of the criminals and the need to protect the vulnerable.The Milan Contract takes the reader on an extraordinary journey across Italy, the UK and Germany as Conza attempts to unravel the secrets behind the killing of a grey-haired man in Milan.

With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love story that lifts off the page in whirlwinds of feeling. After the tempest, after the reunion, after her father drowned his books, Miranda was meant to enter a brave new world. Naples awaited her, and Ferdinand, and a throne. Instead she finds herself in Milan, in her father’s castle, surrounded by hostile servants who treat her like a ghost. Whispers cling to her like spiderwebs, whispers that carry her dead mother’s name. And though he promised to give away his power, Milan is once again contorting around Prospero’s dark arts. With only Dorothea, her sole companion and confidant to aid her, Miranda must cut through the mystery and find the truth about her father, her mother, and herself. “Love and lust, mothers and monsters, magicians and masked balls, all delivered with Shakespearean panache.” —Nicola Griffith, author of Hild “Miranda in Milan is somehow both utterly charming and perfectly sinister, and altogether delightful. A pleasure for any lover of romance, myth, and magic—whether or not they're fans of the Bard.” —Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker and I Am Princess X At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

For fans of Daniel Silva and David Baldacci comes a gripping thriller based on real world events that will have you riveted until the final page is turned. When NYPD detectives Paul Rossi and Hamilton P. Turner begin investigating the Sutton Place murder of an Italian air force pilot, the last thing they expect is that they will and find themselves sucked into the potential cover-up of the Ustica massacre, the most horrific aviation crime in Italian history, in which all 81 souls on board perished, where Italian President Francesco Cossiga blamed a missile deployed by the French Navy for the disaster. But as they begin investigating, Rossi, recovering from a broken marriage, and Turner, an African-American opera buff, poet, and former lawyer with ambitions to be mayor, come up against NYPD bureaucratic obstacles and stonewalling by the Italian Consulate in NYC. Lieutenant Laura Muro, the policewoman sister of the victim, comes to New York to aid the investigation, but soon the trio find themselves in the crosshairs of the Gladio, Italy’s powerful, shadowy political cabal whose reach extends to the highest reaches of New York political and ruling class. From New York to Italy, Rossi, Turner, and Muro must uncover the shocking truth about one of the most notorious disasters in airline history, and how this infamous act ties to the present-day murder. Riveting, erudite, and surprising at every turn, THE MAN IN MILAN announces a major new voice in international thriller fiction.

'The Viper of Milan' is a historical novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen. Written when she was sixteen, it received a number of rejections from publishers before its eventual publication. Once published, it proved to be a bestseller and launched Bowen on a prolific career that involved many popular successes. Set in Renaissance Italy during the fourteenth century, the novel portrays the relentless rivalry between Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, and Mastino della Scala, a dispossessed ruler of Verona.

Immerse yourself in the vibrant yet perilous world of the Renaissance in "Renaissance Ruses." This book delves into the complex political and religious intrigues of the era, highlighting the cunning spies who operated behind the scenes. From the courts of Italy to the turbulent religious conflicts of Europe, discover the intelligence operations that shaped the Renaissance and the masterful agents who orchestrated them.