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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
Omstrede en skatryk oud-politikus Armand Deysel is vermoor, en Kassie en Rooi het nie minder nie as ses verdagtes.
’n Britse ondersoeker is op die spoor van die waardevolle Doolhof-halssnoer, en ’n platsakman steier telkens terug van die samelewing se dwarsklappe. Kassie en Rooi pak hul ondersoek sonder forensiese rugsteun aan, en al die verdagtes hardloop kringe om hulle.
Gaan iemand dié keer vir Kassie ore aansit ̶ en met die perfekte moord wegkom?
In 1898, driven by dreams of fame and fortune, adventure and
true love, three brothers left their beloved Calabria and all of
its problems- including the Mafia- behind. First stop is Marseille
in France and then to the United States, where they hope to see
their dreams come true.
Life in this strange new world challenges the brothers, and they
find that even in their new home familiar demons pursue them. The
Pittsburgh version of the Sicilian Mafia, known as the Cosa Nostra,
relies on time-tested savage techniques to maintain control. The
Cudoni brothers pull together to carve out a new, peaceful, and
prosperous life, but their vow to never pay the Cosa Nostra
extortion money comes with a high price.
One of the brothers, Filippo, is a lost soul torn between his
homeland and his new home with a new love. In America, he loses his
heart to Angelina, a tall, beautiful Italian girl. Their love is
hot, passionate, and intense, but when her father learns of his
plans to return to Italy he pulls them apart.
Filippo leaves Pittsburgh and throws himself into work and into the
arms of his boss's daughter. Angelino hears of this and promises to
marry Bruno Curcio, a coward at heart. When Tracy the boss's
daughter gets serious, Filippo cools this affair and returning to
Pittsburgh has a secret affair with Angelina just before her
wedding to Curcio, who was nearly killed by the Cosa Nostra a few
months earlier. Filippo attends the wedding but promises Curcio he
will not interfere with them as he will be returning to
Italy.
He renews a short relationship with Tracy but soon finds himself
back in the arms and bed of Angelina and after a fight with Curcio
and the Cosa Nostra he returns to Italy.
There he meets Rosina, a softly spoken, beautiful 'twin cousin' to
Angelina who heals his broken heart. With a promise from Rosina
that she will wait for his return from America he travels back to
his hometown, but the Calabrian mafia, seeking revenge, are waiting
for him just out of town. Leaving behind two dead Mafi a men
Filippo and two more of his brothers and a friend set off for
America. He falls foul of the captain and crew and one night just
before he enters his cabin he is hung by rope around the neck to
the mast.
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