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"Exciting police procedural"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 15, 2004

In the village of Stresa, near Lake Maggiore, Italy a well planned kidnapping is carried out. Achille de Grazia, the sixteen-year-old heir to wealthy and aristocratic Vincenzo, the owner of numerous business enterprises and his own island, is being ransomed for the sum of five million Euros. While Read more...

"Another gripping mystery full of skullduggery and a likable hero."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004

Professor Gideon Oliver is back in all his forensic anthropological glory. This time he's along for the ride as his wife, Julie, has been sweet-talked into helping his best friend, Phil, as a tour guide with his "Travel on the Cheap" flock. Arriving at Phil's old familial stomping ground in Read more...

Summary

Even on an Italian holiday, anthropologist Gideon Oliver and his wife can't seem to find any R & R. They're guests of Mrs. Oliver's colleague on an idyllic island. But the breathtaking view and sumptuous food come at a price. The padrone's only child, Achille, has been kidnapped, bones have been found... and Gideon must mix business with pleasure.