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Mourning the loss of his late wife, Rita, former NYPD detective Nico Doyle moves to her home town of Gravigna in the wine region of Chianti. He isn't sure if it's peace he's seeking, but that certainly isn't what he finds: early one morning he hears a gunshot and discovers a man with his face blown off near his new home.Salvatore Perillo, the local police inspector, enlists Nico's help with the murder case. It turns out more than one person in this idyllic corner of Italy knew the victim, and with a very small pool of suspects, including members of Rita's family, Nico must dig up Gravigna's every last painful secret to get to the truth.

Nico Doyle, former NYPD detective, now feels at home in his late wife's sun-drenched Tuscan hometown, spending his days helping at the family trattoria. But Gravigna is thrown off balance by the arrival of Michele Mantelli, an influential wine critic who can make or break local businesses, and he seems to have it in for the vineyards belonging to Aldo, Nico's landlord.When Mantelli is poisoned, the local police have the headache of a high-profile murder on their hands, and Nico is called in to help. But narrowing down the pool of suspects will mean untangling the roots of local rivalries that go deeper than anyone expects.First published as The Bitter Taste of Murder

Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle thought life in the Tuscan countryside would be quiet. That was before a beloved local bartender vanished. When eighty-year-old Cesare Costanzi disappears from the village of Gravigna, concern quickly turns to shock. On a lonely road outside Florence, Nico's dog, OneWag, alerts him to a strange smell coming from a car. Inside lies Cesare's body, stabbed to death. Why was a well-liked old man murdered? And how did he end up in an innocent man's car? With the village rattled, Nico is drawn into another deadly investigation. First published as Murder on the Vine.

Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle is hoping for a quiet night when the phone rings. Inevitably, it's trouble. A woman has been found dead in her home in the Tuscan village of Gravigna, and the sole witness only speaks English. Called in to assist with the investigation, Nico soon concludes that the death was no accident.The victim, Signora Nora, leaves behind a tangled web of secrets and possible motives: estranged daughters, former lovers, and a valuable property. As suspects multiply, Nico must uncover the truth to restore peace to this sleepy countryside community.First published as The Road to Murder.Travel to the cyprus-lined roads of Tuscany in this new installment of acclaimed author Camilla Trinchieri's warm, engaging, and deliciously unpredictable mystery series.

One morning at his favourite cafe, Nico Doyle notices Cilia, a seven-year-old girl he has never seen before, frolicking with his dog on the floor. He later discovers she has left a note in his collar-Please help my babbo. With help from the local carabinieri, Nico discovers that Cilia's father, Saverio, has fled town following an unfortunate incident. His business partner was killed at their electronics store, and Saverio is the hot-headed local carabiniere's main suspect. Cilia's mother, Livia, who just moved to Gravigna to get away from Pitigliano's wagging tongues, asks Nico to find the real killer and hands him a long list of suspects. Against his better judgment, Nico accepts for Cilia's sake. Since the case is outside of the local carabinieri's jurisdiction, Nico finds himself on his own as he travels back and forth to Pitigliano. He goes down Livia's list of suspects one by one in pursuit of the truth, putting his skills as a retired NYPD detective to work. But will Livia and her little girl be happy with what Nico finds?