Mystery author Susan Russo Anderson is making available the three books in her "Serafina Florio" historical mystery series at a special price (Kindle format only).
Today through Friday, February 15th, 2013 you can download for free a copy of the first in the series, Death of a Serpent. The other two books in the series are available to purchase for just 99 cents each.
More information about each of the books can be found below, together with links to their respective pages on Amazon.com.
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Death of a Serpent
Susan Russo Anderson
A Serafina Florio Mystery (1st)
It is six years after Unification and Sicily is in chaos. Bandits rule the hills. Waves of cholera kill thousands. The mafia begins its reign of organized terror, raping a population squeezed by conscription, crippling taxes, and corrupt officials.
At a high-class house near Palermo, three women have been knifed to death, their foreheads slashed with a strange mark, their bodies dumped on the madam's doorstep. When the chief inspector does little to solve the case, the madam summons her lifelong friend and asks her to catch the killer.
A thirty-something widow and midwife with seven children and diminishing funds, Serafina decides she must help her friend. She plunges into the investigation, gathering evidence, following leads. She meets with relatives and friends of the deceased and discovers a thread common to all three victims.
But after a fourth victim is strangled, Serafina's hopes for a quick resolution are dashed. Her emotional low is short-lived, however. In a defiant meeting with the don, she makes an important discovery. Convinced of the murderer's identity, she conceives a daring plan and, with the help of her very pregnant daughter, Carmela, attempts to unmask the killer.
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No More Brothers
Susan Russo Anderson
A Serafina Florio Mystery (2nd)
When Serafina discovers a body stuffed into a sack that's listing on the shore, she plunges into the investigation despite dark secrets, diminishing funds, and a budding romance with the dashing Loffredo, count of Oltramari.
Evidence leads her to a forest on the edge of the Madonie Mountains where a harrowing encounter with a soldier living rough pitches her headlong into danger. Yet she continues with the search, galloping against the wind with her friend, Rosa, to the harbor of Messina where a ship bearing a strange cargo is about to disembark. Will she catch the killer? Will love prevail? Can she keep her family together?
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Death in Bagheria
Susan Russo Anderson
A Serafina Florio Mystery (3rd)
When Sister Genoveffa, a headstrong aristocrat, commissions Serafina to find her mother's poisoner, she travels to a windswept villa on Sicily's gold coast where she begins her investigation of the baroness's death. There, she meets with the irascible baron and his huge staff of servants. In the midst of her inquiry, Serafina has a harrowing encounter on the roof, narrowly escaping with her life. Adding to her peril are the ruthless attempts to foil her success by her arch enemy, Don Tigro, the local mafia capo.
Yet Serafina is unflagging in her determination to unmask the killer, despite mortal danger, the pleas of her children for her speedy return, and a longing to resume her broiling new romance with Loffredo, the lusty count of Oltramari. With the help of her friend, Rosa, two daring servants, and an unexpected visitor, she uncovers ugly entanglements that porten
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Important Note: These books were listed at the above mentioned prices on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
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