Bella Mafia
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- 99,00 kr
Publisher Description
Fire enker er alt, hvad der er tilbage af den formidable Luciano-mafiaklan, efter at alle mændene i familien er blevet myrdet. Inspireret af Lucianos enke, Graziella, sætter de sig for at overtage imperiet og søge hævn over mafiosoen Paul Carolla, som står bag mordene. Men da de altid har været holdt uden for familiens forretninger og hemmeligheder, kommer de hurtigt ud på dybt vand. Indtil den charmerende og dødsensfarlige Luka bliver deres ven og beskytter…
Lynda La Plante (født Lynda Titchmarsh, 1943) er en engelsk forfatter, der har skrevet både romaner og manuskripter til tv-serier. Hun er særligt kendt for manuskriptet til den engelske krimiserie ”Prime Suspect” (”Mistænkt”) med Helen Mirren i hovedrollen. Lynda La Plante har skrevet inden for mange forskellige genrer, og flere af hendes bøger er blevet internationale bestsellere.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
BBC writer La Plante's hefty first novel initially daunts with a surfeit of minor characters and confusing Mafia business connections--but is redeemed by the emergence of strong major characters and a plot offering a stark view of the dark bonds of power. Don Roberto Luciano, boss of the Sicilian Mafia, agrees to be chief witness in the trial of Paul Carolla, who murdered Luciano's firstborn son, Michael, 20 years ago. Despite round-the-clock protection, all the Luciano men are killed the night before a family wedding. The don's wife, Graziella, holds together what's left of the family--daughters-in-law Theresa and Sophia, and Theresa's daughter Rosa--while instructing their lawyer to sell off business holdings. Eventually the women become involved in the business themselves, trying to recover money that's disappeared into Carolla's hands. Following a courtroom shootout, Carolla's adopted son Luka, using his knowledge of organization politics and his mastery of murder, becomes the women's partner and protector. Once the Luciano women discover Luka's secret, however, they implacably take revenge in the ruthless manner of their age-old code, and the strongest of them becomes the new head of the family, the bella mafiosa .
