The Boss of Centocelle (A Commissario Scala Mystery in Rome) by P.J. Mann

 

The Boss of Centocelle: An Italian Murder Mystery (Book 6) by P. J. Mann
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love how this author writes in a such a way that you sit down to read "a chapter or two" and before you know it, you've finished the book in one setting. This book is full of twists and turns, some you see coming, others unexpected.

Detective Scala loves the job but it's really starting to take it's toll. Work/life balance is in jeopardy and he's got to find a way to figure it out in the midst of another big crime mystery. Is he going to be able to figure it all out before he burns out?

This book can be read as a standalone, even though it is part of a series. I've read one other book in this series and was not disappointed. I look forward to going back and reading the other ones that I have not yet been able to get to!

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A Stranger in Disguise (A Commissario Scala Mystery in Rome) by P.J. Mann

 

A Stranger in Disguise: An Italian Murder Mystery by P. J. Mann
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fans of Macbeth and crime/suspense stories will find this novel set in Rome, Italy to be intriguing.

A theatre troupe has been commissioned to perform the dreadful play Macbeth in a failing theatre. Anyone familiar with the story knows that bad things tend to happen to anyone involved in the production. A double murder does take place and it's up to Detective Scala and his team to solve it.

Long hours, stakeouts, interviews, etc. all take place to come to the bottom of whodunit in this fourth book in the Detective Scala series. I was unaware that this was a series and read this book as a standalone without feeling like I had missed any previous information. I did find this book slightly slow in reading. Maybe it's because I've been glued to the tv watching a high profile murder case that just wrapped up today.

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