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Jukebox by Saira Viola

Publication Date: February 12, 2015

In Jukebox by Saira Viola, Nick is a lawyer with a deep love for the music industry. His dream has always been to own his own record label and when Mel and his money comes into the picture, suddenly those dreams are within reach. Avery is a rookie reporter looking for her break and seeing potential for an interesting story in Mel, a man with clear ties to the unsavory. In a society of excess and where everything comes with a price, will they all come out alive? Continue reading Jukebox by Saira Viola

Fiction Reviews, Humor, Satire, Thriller

Organized Crime, Saira Viola

Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family by Karen Tintori

Publication Date: July 8, 2008

In Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family by Karen Tintori, the author writes about hints of matters that no one in the family would talk about. When the sister became the “one they got rid of” as a result of her aunt’s slip of the tongue, Tintori felt compelled to pursue the secret that her family had kept for many years. The author takes the reader on the process from innocent genealogy research to a deep secret uncovered.

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Biography, History, Memoir, Nonfiction Reviews, Specials, True Crime

Honor Killing, human rights, Human Rights Day, Human Rights Day 2016, Italy, Organized Crime, Sicily

The Dali Deception by Adam Maxwell

Publication Date: June 19, 2016

Violent Winters is following in the footsteps of her parents working as a con-artist and thief. When she asked to return to her hometown to pull off an art heist, she sees it as an opportunity to even the score with boyfriend that tried to kill her. Gathering a handpicked crew and with an ex with murder still in his eyes, will Violet find that you truly can’t go home again?