BLOOD CURSE

Set in Naples in 1931, the story delights in dichotomies: living and departed both crowd the streets, spring arrives in force after a long winter, primal needs determine the lives of the wealthy and working classes alike.                          

These mysterious Neapolitan circles feature many subplots and suspects.                          

Despite a few melodramatic missteps, the promise that each life will intersect keeps Commissario Ricciardi and Maione's investigation lively.