Angelica Scott, Author, R. A. Scotti, Author Dutton Books $21.5 (272p) ISBN 978-1-55611-451-9
Tabloid-style sensationalism meshes with the literary device of an unreliable narrator in this brooding legal thriller hinging on alleged paternal incest and verifiable murder. Narrator Georgie Hillman lives with her husband, the once-promising...
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R. A. Scotti, Author . Little, Brown $24.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-316-73911-5
Former journalist and mystery novelist Scotti successfully applies her skills in both genres to this detailed retelling of the 1938 hurricane that ripped across seven Northeastern states and killed 682 people, "the most destructive natural...
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R. A. Scotti, Author . Viking $25.95 (299p) ISBN 978-0-670-03776-6
In this absorbing story of the construction of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome—the grandest architectural undertaking of the High Renaissance—Scotti (Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
) shows how the construction fed the...
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R. A. Scotti, Author . Knopf $23.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-307-26580-7
In 1911, the Louvre’s most famous denizen disappeared. Two books recount the sensational crime and a field of fascinating characters.
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa
R.A. Scotti
. Knopf
, $23.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-307-26580
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R. A. Scotti, Author Fawcett Books $3.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-449-20971-4
The protagonist here is an Italian terror ist who has infiltrated both his govern ment's Antiterrorism Squad and the KGB. Scotti, who has a talent for evok ing Rome, conveys his bleak hope for Italy's future and provides many plot twists and much...
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R. A. Scotti, Author Dutton Books $25.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55611-116-7
Few readers will be unmoved by Scotti's account of irreparable loss. This is the intensely personal story of the short life of Ciro, her baby born in 1985, who brought joy to his mother, father and six-year-old sister. A beautiful, seemingly healthy
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R. A. Scotti, Author Dutton Books $25.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-917657-88-7
Scotti's Kiss of Judas and The Devil's Own gained him an enviable reputation, which he further confirms with this pulse racer. The author's barbed wit offers needed respite from the tense, tragic incidents that pile up as ex-CIA agent Matthias pits...
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