The US Drug Enforcement Agency is desperate to capture Mario Ruggerio, the would-be leader of the Sicilian Mafia and the mastermind behind a multi-billion dollar international drugs trade.
Charlotte Parsons, a young English schoolteacher, was the Ruggerio family’s nanny four years ago. When she is asked to take up her old job she is excited at the prospect of leaving behind a sleepy Devon village. But Charley doesn’t realise that she is the live bait in an American trap, and that she jas just entered the killing ground . . .
WITH AN EXCLUSIVE NEW FOREWORD BY JOHN FOLLAIN
Charlotte Parsons, a young English schoolteacher, was the Ruggerio family’s nanny four years ago. When she is asked to take up her old job she is excited at the prospect of leaving behind a sleepy Devon village. But Charley doesn’t realise that she is the live bait in an American trap, and that she jas just entered the killing ground . . .
WITH AN EXCLUSIVE NEW FOREWORD BY JOHN FOLLAIN
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The best mafia thriller since Mario Puzo's The Godfather
A tense, taut tale of mounting suspense and emotional drama. A thriller in the true sense of the word. Mario Puzo eat your heart out
A plot that drives remorselessly onward. One of Britain's most skilful practitioners of thriller writing in its most authentic and well-paced variety
Skilful and exciting... An engrossing read