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The Savage Shore

The Savage Shore
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Calabria
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Roman police detective Nic Costa has been sent undercover to Italy’s beautiful, remote Calabrian coast to bring in the head of the feared mob, the ‘Ndrangheta, who has offered to turn state witness for reasons of his own. Hoping...

Beached in Calabria

Beached in Calabria
  • Author(s): Ian Ross
  • Location(s): Calabria
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern and historical

Where do you go to when you only have a pittance for a home away from home for a huge family? Ian Ross realises that his small inheritance won’t get him a place in France or even Spain, so...

End Games

End Games
  • Author(s): Michael Dibdin
  • Location(s): Calabria
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2000s

The Wire and the Lines

The  Wire and the Lines
  • Author(s): Patrick Larsimont
  • Location(s): Calabria, Puglia, Sicily
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

Can Jox escape imprisonment and get back into the war…? Summer, 1943 When fighter pilot Jox McNabb crashes on the wrong side of the straits of Messina, he is captured by the Germans. It seems that for Jox, the...

The Longest Exile

The Longest Exile
  • Author(s): Tana Rebellis
  • Location(s): Tremiti Islands, Calabria, Pianosa
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1st century AD

Rome, 8 CE. Julia, eldest granddaughter of Augustus, is four months pregnant, and it should be cause for celebration. The only problem is that her husband was executed a year ago for treason. The math is simple, and damning....

The Secrets of Villa Rosso

The Secrets of Villa Rosso
  • Author(s): Linn B Halton
  • Location(s): Calabria
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Post 2014

Some places stay with you forever… When Ellie Maddison is sent on a business trip to Southern Italy, she’s reminded why she loves her job – set amongst rolling vineyards and rich olive groves, the beautiful Villa Rosso is...

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