Tuscan Blood, Dick Rosano’s debut mystery is part mystery, part wine tutorial and part romp through Tuscany's countryside. Filippo Trantino, the book’s narrator, grew up in Tuscany and then moved to America with his family as a child, leaving his...
Northern Italy is the cradle for a precious culinary gem, the white truffle of Piedmont, worth more than gold and sought after by chefs and foodies alike. But this year, the truffle hunters are in a panic as they discover that their usual harvest has...
Following the success of Tuscan Blood and Hunting Truffles, Dick Rosano has published The Secret of Altamura: Nazi Crimes, Italian Treasure. It is 1943 and the Nazis control large swaths of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to ste...
Filippo Trantino grows up in Tuscany and later moves to America with his family, leaving his heart among the vines of his family’s wine estate.
After he returns home for a funeral, his cousins convince him that Nonno Filippo’s death was ...
Former intelligence expert Darren Priest tries to distance himself from his old life, and turns to a new vocation as a wine and food writer. He quickly discovers that some things you can’t un-volunteer for. Called to Vienna by the U.S. Presiden...
After a distinguished scientist dies under suspicious circumstances at an archaeological dig in Tuscany, Darren Priest and Alana Weber are called in to investigate. They discover that the now-deceased scientist's work was focused on Italy's earliest ...
To Luca, the story of Sicily was like an old movie made modern. From black and white to sepia and then to color, the old man Vito's narration of the island's ancient history kept Luca spellbound. Originally a trip to his parents' homeland, Luca's jou...
When Luca went to Sicily in search of his parents' roots, he didn't count on meeting Vito: a wizened old man who seemed to embody the history of the island in his bones. He also didn't count on Vito taking him back centuries - millennia - to th...
Florence, 1553. An assassin sent by Arma Dei disappears into the night, with him a collection of heretical art and writings. For five centuries the satchel, containing sketches and writings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others, is pursu...
Filippo Trantino cresceu na Toscana e depois se mudou para a América com sua família, deixando seu coração entre os vinhedos da vinícola de sua família. Depois que ele volta para casa para um funeral, seus primos o conve...