No Mortal Thing: Deadlier than the Mafia: the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta - Softcover

Seymour, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444758640 ISBN 13: 9781444758641

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2016

Synopsis

Two young men -Jago and Marcantonio - both studying business and finance:
Jago is a kid from a rough part of London who has worked hard to get a job in a bank and is now on a fast-track secondment to the Berlin office.
Marcantonio is one of the new generation in the 'Ndrangheta crime families from Calabria, Southern Italy. He is in Germany to learn how to channel their illicit millions towards legitimate businesses all over Europe.
When Jago witnesses Marcantonio commit a vicious assault and the police seem uninterested, the Englisman refuses to let the matter drop.
But by pursuing the gangster to his grandfather's mountain lair, Jago is stepping into the middle of a delicate surveillance operation, which sets alarm bells ringing in Rome, London and Berlin.
It also leads him to Consolata, a young woman who sees in Jago the chance to turn her non-violent protest campaign against the crime families into something altogether more lethal...
NO MORTAL THING is novel of relentless power and mounting suspense, a brilliant portrayal of organised crime in Europe and the under-resourced men and women who fight it.

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Review:

A first-rate thriller with all the strengths of his recent work: audacity, believability, impeccable pacing, [and] a rich, diverse ensemble of supporting characters. (The Sunday Times)

Seymour expertly marshals his plot as Jago inches ever closer to the heart of darkness. A thoroughly engrossing thriller. (Event Magazine, Mail on Sunday)

The portrayal of Bernardo, all-powerful but a virtual prisoner, is Seymour's finest achievement in first-rate thriller with all the strengths of his recent work: audacity, believability, impeccable pacing, a rich, diverse ensemble of supporting characters. (The Sunday Times)

Book Description:

More powerful, more vicious than the Mafia, the 'Ndrangheta are reaching their tentacles of crime from Southern Italy into every country of Europe. Classic Seymour.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1444758640
• ISBN 13: 9781444758641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416