Banker's Death - Temptation in Florence #3

by Beate Boeker

Overview

Banker's Death
Valentino, Carlina's cousin and a banker, is hands-down the most unpopular member of the wide-spread Mantoni clan. However, a true Mantoni never accepts an intolerable situation, so one evening, they sit down to plot his death.
When Valentino is indeed found stabbed, commissario Stefano Garini, now officially Carlina's boyfriend, only wants to turn and run. While he tries to sort through the clues and his feelings with grim determination, the family, in inimitable Mantoni style, manages to make things more complicated all the time. And then Stefano realizes that even Carlina doesn't tell him the full truth. Is their relationship doomed before it can really begin? And will Carlina manage to save the man she loves from a ruthless murderer?
Banker's Death is the third in the cozy mystery series Temptation in Florence.
Book 1:  Delayed Death
Book 2:  Charmer's Death
Book 3:  Banker's Death
Book 4:  Expected Death
Book 5:  Seaside Death
Book 6: Classic Death
Book 7: Elegant Death
Book 8: Tricky Death

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158819353
Publisher:	Beate Boeker
Publication date:	08/05/2017
Series:	Temptation in Florence , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	773,225
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Beate Boeker is a USA Today bestselling author with a passion for books that brim over with mischief & humor. She writes sweet sophisticated romantic fiction and cozy mysteries, many of them set in beautiful Italy.
Beate's first novel was published in 2008 by Avalon Books. In the meantime, her work was shortlisted for the Golden Quill Contest, the National Readers' Choice Award, the "Best Indie Books" contest, and the RONE Award.
She's also a marketing manager with a degree in International Business Administration, and her daily ex­perience in marke­ting continuously provides her with a wide range of fodder for her novels, be it hilarious or cynical. Widely traveled, she speaks German (her mother language), English, French and Italian and lives in Germany together with her husband and daughter. If people came with instructions, hers would say, “Make sure she'll always get enough chocolate and sleep, and she'll be a sunny companion.”
While “Boeker” means “books” in a German dialect, her first name Beate can be translated as ”Happy” . . . and with a name that reads “Happy Books,” what else could she do but write novels with a happy ending?
Learn more about Beate at happybooks.de. Here, you can also contact her directly and sign up for her newsletter. Alternatively, you can also get in touch with her on Facebook (Beate Boeker Author) and Twitter (@BeateBoeker).

Editorial Reviews

(...) The author knows how to construct a clever puzzle for the mystery part of the story, but it is really the romance side of the story that excels. (...) This Indie series is handsomely presented, well-written, true to the genre, and well-edited. The author is on her way to creating a lasting and entertaining series that will please many Italophiles!

Kobo - C. Martinelli

Banker's Death starts with a family birthday celebration and soon morphs into a rowdy murder investigation. When a sleazy banker turns up dead in Carlina's apartment, her helpful relatives add to the confusion by trying to manipulate the evidence. The setting is delightful-Florence, Italy, brought to life by someone who obviously knows and loves the city. (...) This book is fast-moving and pure fun, the next-best thing to a trip to Italy.

Kobo - Sandy Cody