Janette Merete Weiss (16 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. In centuries past, the Jesuits of Naples held ecstatic masses among arrays of Skeletons: up to 60 masses a day, after which parishioners with torches would descend to the catacombs to pray over skulls. Today, a few still adhere to the old rituals, visiting crypts below the city, washing the bones of old loved ones, free of the corrupted flesh of the world. When one such woman - a bone cleaner - discovers the corpse of a beautiful college student amongst the bones, Captain Natalia Monte of the city's Carabiniere is called in to investigate.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. When the bodies of two men are found, shockingly posed, in the garden of an elderly countess, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabiniere is assigned the case. Soon she finds herself shuttling between Naples' decadent art galleries and violent criminal underworld. If she is to succeed in solving the heinous crime, Natalia must deal with not only her own complicated past and allegiances, but also those of the city as a whole. A Few Drops of Blood is a riveting and poetic exploration of the violence that lurks in the heart of beauty.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. In centuries past, the Jesuits of Naples held ecstatic masses among arrays of Skeletons: up to 60 masses a day, after which parishioners with torches would descend to the catacombs to pray over skulls. Today, a few still adhere to the old rituals, visiting crypts below the city, washing the bones of old loved ones, free of the corrupted flesh of the world. When one such woman - a bone cleaner - discovers the corpse of a beautiful college student amongst the bones, Captain Natalia Monte of the city's Carabiniere is called in to investigate.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. When the bodies of two men are found, shockingly posed, in the garden of an elderly countess, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabiniere is assigned the case. Soon she finds herself shuttling between Naples' decadent art galleries and violent criminal underworld. If she is to succeed in solving the heinous crime, Natalia must deal with not only her own complicated past and allegiances, but also those of the city as a whole. A Few Drops of Blood is a riveting and poetic exploration of the violence that lurks in the heart of beauty.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. When a beautiful college student is found murdered in the catacombs beneath a monastery, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabinieri is assigned to investigate. Could the killer be a professor the student had been sleeping with? A blind monk who loved her? Or perhaps a member of the brutal Napali criminal organization, the Camorra? As Natalia pursues her investigation, the crime families of Naples go to war over garbage-hauling contracts; and all across the city heaps of trash pile up, uncollected. When one of Natalia's childhood friends is caught up in the violence, her loyalties are tested, and each move she makes threatens her own life and the lives of those she loves.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. When a beautiful college student is found murdered in the catacombs beneath a monastery, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabinieri is assigned to investigate. Could the killer be a professor the student had been sleeping with? A blind monk who loved her? Or perhaps a member of the brutal Napali criminal organization, the Camorra? As Natalia pursues her investigation, the crime families of Naples go to war over garbage-hauling contracts; and all across the city heaps of trash pile up, uncollected. When one of Natalia's childhood friends is caught up in the violence, her loyalties are tested, and each move she makes threatens her own life and the lives of those she loves.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When a beautiful college student is found murdered in the catacombs beneath a monastery, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabinieri is assigned to investigate. Could the killer be a professor the student had been sleeping with? A blind monk who loved her? Or perhaps a member of the brutal Napali criminal organization, the Camorra? As Natalia pursues her investigation, the crime families of Naples go to war over garbage-hauling contracts; and all across the city heaps of trash pile up, uncollected. When one of Natalia's childhood friends is caught up in the violence, her loyalties are tested, and each move she makes threatens her own life and the lives of those she loves. Debut of a new mystery series set in Naples, featuring Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabinieri. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174. . 2012. Paperback. . . . .

Condition: New. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174. . 2012. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Soho Press Inc, 2011. 8vo., 217pp. Book 1 of 2 - A Captain Natalia Monte Investigation. As new in as new dust jacket. "When Jan Merete Weiss's Captain Natalia Monte investigates the murder of a beautiful young university student, she must thread an uneasy path between childhood loyalties, religious superstition, corrupt officials, growing piles of garbage, and warring factions of an entrenched Camorra. Weiss has done her homework, walked the pestilent streets, prowled the catacombs below the city, and created a thoroughly human woman who will do what she must to protect her part of a city that both enchants and infuriates her." —Margaret Maron, author of the Judge Deborah Knott series.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When a beautiful college student is found murdered in the catacombs beneath a monastery, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabinieri is assigned to investigate. Could the killer be a professor the student had been sleeping with? A blind monk who loved her? Or perhaps a member of the brutal Napali criminal organization, the Camorra? As Natalia pursues her investigation, the crime families of Naples go to war over garbage-hauling contracts; and all across the city heaps of trash pile up, uncollected. When one of Natalia's childhood friends is caught up in the violence, her loyalties are tested, and each move she makes threatens her own life and the lives of those she loves. Debut of a new mystery series set in Naples, featuring Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabinieri. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.