The Vulnerable Rind: A Captain Scarpone Mystery Short Story

Cheesemakers are indeed blessed, but they have their problems too.

(Note: "The Vulnerable Rind" is a short story. It is also available in the author's 10-story collection, Daggyland #3.)

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When an acquaintance asks him to look into a small family mystery, Roman carabinieri officer Matteo Scarpone has no idea that he's about to delve into the mysteries of cheese.

Yes, cheese.

It's essential to Italian cuisine. But is it enough to destroy a family?

Welcome to the beautiful city of Rome, Italy, where everyone has a taste for wine, pizza, and crime.

This story first appeared in the pages of Mystery Weekly.

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