Lorenzo Carcaterra
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As Nonna Maria's longtime friend and sometimes colleague, Captain Murino of the Ischian caribineri, never wanted to see harm brought to the doorstep of everyone's favorite espresso-brewing, counseling-giving amateur sleuth. But when you live a long life, you're bound to make a few enemies. And when those enemies come calling, you have to rely on friends. Faced with an assassin seeking revenge for a decades-old grudge, Captain Murino has no choice...
Author
Series
Nonna Maria volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nonna Maria sets out to clear her goddaughter's name and uncover the checkered past of an unidentifiable victim in this transporting mystery"--
A wealthy woman alleges a valuable necklace was stolen from her hotel room on island of Ischia. The necklace, she claims, has been in her family for decades. She blames one of the young women working on the cleaning crew as the most likely suspect-- a young woman who is Nonna Maria's goddaughter. She takes...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When the world's most powerful mob boss loses his wife and daughters in a terrorist attack funded by one of his rivals, he resolves to turn the tables. Rallying the heads of the globe's top criminal organizations, Vincent Marelli launches a war that may be his last. With the weight of the criminal world on his shoulders, he has only one desire in his heart: to know who ordered the hit that took out his girls"--
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals locals turn to the nosy, elderly widow Nonna Maria in this transporting mystery from author Lorenzo Carcaterra. Nonna Maria has lived in Ischia, a little island in the Gulf of Naples, her entire life. Recognizable by the widow's black she's worn every day for decades, Maria always has pasta on the stove and espresso in the pot for the neighbors who stop by to ask her advice on life...
5) Sleepers
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
viii, 404 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As one of the NYPD's most trusted "tin badges"--retired detectives brought in to solve cases that are beyond the reach of the everyday force--Tank Rizzo has faced off against some of the city's toughest criminals without breaking a sweat. To tackle a case involving a dangerous kingpin known as Gonzo, Tank turns to his best friend and ex-partner, Pearl; a former mobster living out a seemingly quiet retirement as the owner of Tank's favorite Italian...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 300p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Exploring the cobbled streets of the Renaissance city with fellow art student Marco Scudarti, Kate feels the pull of destiny. And when the two uncover a secret chamber in a corridor sealed since the time of the Medicis, they make a stunning discovery: Michelangelo's Midnight Angels - three small, exquisite sculptures long rumored to exist but never before seen. It is the find of a lifetime - and the beginning of their nightmare. -- Publisher's description....
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"At sixty-six, Lorenzo Carcaterra finds it easier to reflect on the past than ruminate on the future. "By the time you reach my age," he writes, "you have witnessed too much loss to not be aware of what lies ahead." This turn to the past inspired a poignant memoir about the women who made him the man he is today. His Italian grandmother, Nonna Maria, gave him his first taste of a loving home during the summers he spent with her as a teenager on Ischia,...
10) Gangster
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 376 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
11) Apaches
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 336 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
13) Payback: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Former NYPD detective Tank Rizzo and his partner, Pearl, tackle two corruption cases involving a dirty cop who is sending innocents to jail and the money-laundering accounting firm behind his brother's mysterious death.
14) Street boys
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
15) Sleepers
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. 15 years later, they have an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
16) Sleepers
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four young friends from Hell's Kitchen get into trouble and are sent to reform school, where they are sexually abused by guards. Years later, two of the boys are seeking revenge and rely on the other two boys to protect them.