{"product_id":"gang-of-lovers-paperback","title":"Gang of Lovers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMassimo Carlotto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAntony Shugaar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePI Marco \"the Alligator\" Buratti returns in a \"raucous, delicious ride\" from the celebrated Italian crime writer and author of \u003ci\u003eBandit Love\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eCedar Rapids Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePadua, Italy. An unremarkable man, a husband and father, disappears without a trace. After a few months of searching, the police send his file to the cold cases department to be thrown in with the files of other missing persons. One woman knows the truth about his disappearance, but, being the daughter of a prominent and wealthy Swiss industrialist, she fears coming forward with what she knows: that she was his lover and that there is more to his disappearance than another bored suburban husband running out on his wife. Stricken by guilt, she finally confides in a lawyer who advises her to turn to Marco Buratti, a.k.a. the Alligator, for help.Buratti agrees to assist the woman.\u003cbr\u003eInitially, the case of the woman's missing lover seems like a lost cause, but a clue puts the Alligator and his trusted associates, Max the Memory and Beniamino Rossini, on the trail of the unscrupulous and brilliant criminal, Giorgio Pellegrini, protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe Goodbye Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt the End of a Dull Day\u003c\/i\u003e.The deadly game of chicken in which the good guys and the bad guys are often hard to tell apart is Carlotto's specialty. But good or bad, these men are survivors in a world where the once ironclad criminal codes of conduct are disappearing and new criminal syndicates do vicious battle with old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A shaded caper and an earnest investigation into the nature of evil that reads like a runaway train, and confirms Carlotto as equal to any of the English-writing czars of noir.\"--\u003ci\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gang of Lovers is Italian 'hard boiled' noir but with the shell left on.\"--\u003ci\u003eCrime Scraps Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMassimo Carlotto\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Padua, Italy. In addition to the many titles in his extremely popular Alligator series, he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fugitive, Death's Dark Abyss, Poisonville, Bandit Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAt the End of a Dull Day\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770800111904,"sku":"9781609452681","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/df9657576883df2f0c9e4caf3edd0c34.webp?v=1780378388","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gang-of-lovers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}