Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Lorenzo Carcaterra is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Safe Place , Sleepers , Apaches , Gangster , Street Boys , Paradise City , Chasers , Midnight Angels , The Wolf , Tin Badges , Payback , and Three Dreamers . He is a former writer/producer for Law & Order and has written for National Geographic Traveler , The New York Times Magazine , Details , and Maxim . He lives in New York City. Klappentext When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals turn to the trusted elderly widow Nonna Maria in this transporting mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra, “one of the all-time greats” (Jeffery Deaver). “An utterly delightful tale starring one of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Listen to Me Nonna Maria has lived on Ischia, an island in the Gulf of Naples, her entire life. Recognizable by the widow’s black she’s worn every day for decades, she always has pasta on the stove and espresso in the pot for the neighbors who stop by to ask her advice on life and love. Everyone knows her, and she knows everyone’s business. So if something goes wrong, islanders look to her, not the local carabinieri, to find the solution. When a recently engaged woman confesses that she’s afraid her fiancé, a stranger to Ischia with a murky past, might not be who he seems, Nonna Maria helps her disappear so she can investigate the true nature of her betrothed. The stranger has also raised the suspicions of Captain Murino of the carabinieri, but he’s occupied investigating the death of a tour boat captain who drowned in the wee hours of the morning. Captain Murino believes it was an accident, but Nonna Maria knows the man was a born sailor and too good a swimmer to drown, no matter how much wine he might have drunk. While Captain Murino has his hands full, she pours herself a glass of white wine and gets to work, even though getting involved will expose her to the dangers lurking just beneath the surface of her idyllic home. Leseprobe 1 Nonna Maria poured herself a hot cup of espresso, her third of the morning, and gazed out the small kitchen window of her two-story white stone home. She then picked up a folded hand towel and brought the espresso pot into the dining room and rested it on a round silver tray. She pulled back a thick wooden chair and sat down. She rested her hands on the table and glanced at the young woman sitting across from her. There was an empty cup resting next to the woman’s right arm. “I’m sorry to have come this early,” the woman said. She couldn’t have been much older than nineteen, her low voice still cradling the path between teenager and adult. “I should have called first.” “I don’t have a phone,” Nonna Maria said. “And it’s never too early or too late to come see me. The coffee’s still hot and a warm cup will do you good.” The woman glanced at the coffeepot and shook her head. “I wouldn’t mind a glass of water,” she said. “If it’s not too much of a bother.” “Water’s only good for plants,” Nonna Maria said. “Have some coffee instead; it will help you relax and make it easier for you to tell me why you came to see me.” Nonna Maria lifted the espresso pot and waited as the woman slid her empty cup closer to her. She filled the cup and then passed the sugar bowl across the table. “It’s better with sugar,” she said. “Two teaspoons are what most people prefer. I like three, myself. My nephew has asked me many times to cut back. But, then, he’s a doctor, and part of his job is to tell me to cut back on what I like to eat and drink.” The woman smiled for the first time since she entered Nonna Maria’s house. It was the last house i...

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo Carcaterra
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9780399177644
• ISBN: 978-0-399-17764-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense