Preston, Douglas J.
Summary: In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d'Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2004
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Summary: Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to fix the town's pipes, the water commission will shut off the water to the village and all its residents will be forced to disperse. So in a bid to boost tourism, and revenue, he spreads a harmless rumor that movie star Dante Rinaldi will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2022
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Summary: When a greedy entrepreneur searching for a legendary pearl forces Hector's family to close their tourist expedition business in an Italian coastal town, Hector decides to thwart the man's plans and save the sea, his family, and his dream of becoming a deep-sea diver, just like his father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press 2021
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Summary: When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it's a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Bruni's books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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Summary: As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato, and rented for the summer by a notorious rock star, Noel Gordon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Geronimo is taking his Benjamin on a trip to Rome to learn the city's history (and keep him from failing fifth grade), but when they arrive they are immediately pulled into the investigation of the "ghost" of a gladiator that seems to be haunting the Colosseum and scaring tourists away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: "In London, the Metropolitan Police have set up an Unsolved Murders Unit to catch the criminals nobody else can. Four victims. In Geneva, millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner--convicted of forgery and theft--was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? On board a luxury cruise liner en route to New York, the battle for power at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: In Venice, Italy, second graders Ethan and Ella hope to find a stolen gondola and a hidden mosaic before their parents realize they are missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2014
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Summary: "Matteo, Guilia, and Federico have ordinary lives: they spend time with friends, help out their families, go to school, and deal with the many mood swings that come with growing up. Then, in a single night, everything changes. The ground shakes. An earthquake devastates their town and their security. But after everything is gone, life must go on. Anger and fear affect everyone in the community,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2019
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Summary: When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "After her grandmother's death, Reeda Summer decides to try to solve a family mystery and run from her troubled marriage; following the clues in her grandmother's journals to Italy. Under the Italian sky, Reeda discovers that the joy she was searching for was hidden inside her all along. And instead of running from her problems, she embraces the healing she needs to face them."--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lab Press 2019
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Summary: When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding."They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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Summary: "Rachele Luzzato is twelve years old when she learns her father is gravely ill. While her family plans for her upcoming Bat-Mitzvah, Rachele finds herself cast as the Madonna in her school's Christmas play. Caught between spiritual poles, struggling to cope with her father's mortality, Rachele feels as if the threads of her everyday life are unravelling. A diverse circle of adults are there to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023