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Threading the Needle
2013
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A secret file. A murdered student. A repeat of a dark chapter of Italian history. The brilliant analyst Alabaster Black, alias Bianca Nerini, is happy to be back in Italy, back with her love, Dante, but then her curiosity gets the better of her and leads to a meeting in a café in Milan…a meeting that results in the death of young university student Charlie Brooks, who leaves her with a secret file detailing the development of a new weapon that violates international law. Burdened by guilt, she seeks justice for Charlie. Things go from bad to worse: Dante is angry at her because she told him nothing about the meeting, a scandal-mongering journalist is trying to crucify her friend Farrugia, blaming him for Charlie’s death, and even her contact Loki is warning her to stay away from the case, because it involves not just a secret weapon, but political intrigues and powerful corporate alliances, too, as well as the organization Bianca is desperately trying to escape: Rendition. The stakes are higher than ever, and Bianca and her trusted friends will have to find their way through these murky waters, or watch Italy return to the decades of daily terrorism known as the Years of Lead. The third book in the Roma Series will take you on the darkest journey so far, the journey where, if you can’t thread the needle...Everything and everyone you care about will be lost.

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Gabriel Valjan
Gabriel Valjan
Author · 14 books
Gabriel Valjan is the author of the Roma Series, The Company Files, and the Shane Cleary Mysteries. He has been listed for the Fish Prize three times, shortlisted for the Bridport Prize once, and received an Honorable Mention for the Nero Wolfe Black Orchid Novella Contest. Gabriel has been nominated for the Agatha, Anthony, Silver Falchion Awards, and received the 2021 Macavity Award for Best Short Story. Gabriel is a member of the Historical Novel Society, ITW, MWA, and Sisters in Crime. You can find Gabriel on Twitter (@GValjan).
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