A Quiet Vendetta

Written by award-winning thriller heavyweight R. J. Ellory, this ambitious crime novel takes the authors skill for suspense to a spellbinding level. When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the cops react fastafter all, she is the governors daughter. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car, and when the kidnapper calls, he doesnt want money; he wants time alone with a certain government functionary. Dragged down to the deep South from the New York district attorneys office, Ray Hartmann puzzles over why he has been summoned and why the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, wants to tell him his life story. But by the time the pieces fall into place, its already too late. A Quiet Vendettais both the epic story of one mans life in the Italian Mafiaa story ranging from Cuba to Chicagoand a thrilling tale of rage, love, and loss. With tension to match the best of Cussler, Patterson, and his own bestselling work,A Quiet Vendettaconfirms R. J. Ellorys place at the forefront of the genre.