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- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
- Era(s): 1980s and Modern
16 short stories set in and around the outskirts of Rome, edite by Chiara Stangalino and Maxim Jakubowski. A varied take on lives in the city, some jaded and visceral, others jaunty and explosive.
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 100s
From the back cover: Rich characterisation and spine tingling adventure combine in a vividly realised novel set amid the bloodshed and the chaos, the heroism and murderous betrayal of ancient Rome.
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Hallelujah Weiss, writer for the steamy sudser As the Planet Spins, gets a second chance at love when she flees to Italy to get over her recent divorce, courtesy of her cheating ex-husband’s credit card. A woman scorned, Hallelujah...
- Location(s): Rome, London, New York City (NYC), The South of France (Le Midi)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1955
Rome, 1955 The artists are gathering together for a photograph. In one of Rome’s historic villas, a party glitters with socialites and patrons. Bear Bavinsky, creator of vast, masculine, meaty canvases, is their god. He is at the centre...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): contemporary
In the hot, shadowy streets of Rome, Vicki Wilson’s lovers keep turning up dead. Vittoria, as she’s known in Italy, is a small-time actress who left behind a dark past in her native Texas and followed her fading writer...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Kate Forrest is invisible… Ned, the husband she adores, doesn’t seem to know she’s alive, and her two charming children have grown into stroppy adolescents. Her boss is suddenly shunting her towards career Siberia, and her demanding mother is...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Historical, Romance
- Era(s): 1950s, 1960s
Rome in the 1950s, there’s nowhere quite like it. The narrow stone streets, the fountains and piazzas full of life in the heat of the day, the cafes and bars full of music and desire by night… This is...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Novella
- Era(s): Modern
Me and You refers to the story of Lorenzo Cuni, a 14-year-old boy from Rome, and his older half-sister. Lorenzo is a bright boy with a “perfect” life. He lives in a beautiful palazzo in the wealthiest area of...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1970s/80s
Fictional American playwright, William Lammiter, trravel to Rome to come to terms with his broken engagement with Eleanor Halley. He discovers, however, that she is now the fiancee of Count Luigi Pirotta. Whilst there he has a chance encounter...
- Location(s): Rome, Dubai, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She’s a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing....