The Scion
Book 2 of the Mauro Bruno Detective Series
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Mauro Bruno and Elia Donati, surviving numerous attempts on their lives while bringing Duke Rodolfo Rizzo to justice, decide to take a vacation to celebrate and relax. However, not long after they arrive in Paris both men are cleverly framed for murders they didn’t commit, but which they find hard to refute since the killings are captured on a hotel camera security system. With Donati in jail, Bruno is on the run and tries to discover why they’d been framed and who’s behind it. Helping him is a French investigator, Lisette Donais. Together they uncover a web of deceit that involves a Saudi official, the French mafia, a recluse in the wealthiest residential area of Paris, and a suicide in Milan. In this fast-paced thriller nothing is what it seems, and that the key to vindication rests with unearthing the past.
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Detectives Mauro Bruno and Elia Donati, surviving numerous attempts on their lives while bringing Duke Rodolfo Rizzo to justice, decide to take a vacation in Paris to celebrate and relax. However, not long after they arrive Donati is cleverly framed for a murder he didn’t commit, but which he finds impossible to refute since the killing was captured on the hotel’s camera security system. With Donati in jail, Bruno tries to discover why he’s been framed and who’s behind it. Helping him is a French investigator, Lisette Donais. Together they uncover a web of deceit that involves a Saudi official, the French mafia, a recluse in the wealthiest residential area of Paris, and a suicide in Milan. Not long after, Bruno is also framed for murder. On the run, he and Donais discover that the key to vindication is in their past.
About the Author
Alan Refkin is the author of five previous works of fiction and the coauthor of four business books on China. He received the Editor’s Choice Award for The Wild, Wild East and for Piercing the Great Wall of Corporate China. The author and his wife, Kerry, live in southwest Florida, where he is currently working on his next Bruno-Donati-Donais novel. More information on the author, including his blog, can be found at alanrefkin.com.