Jan Merete Weiss: 3 books

First in the police procedural series, this “plot [is] replete with shocks . . . Her vivid portrayal of Naples, in its glory and its gloom, is unforgettable” (Richmond Times-Dispatch).   When a college student is found murdered in the catacombs beneath a monastery, Capt. Natalia Monte of the...

An “atmospheric mystery” featuring a female police captain in Naples, Italy (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When the bodies of two men are found, shockingly posed, in the garden of an elderly countess, Capt. Natalia Monte of the Carabiniere is assigned the case. Soon she finds herself...

In the Italian city of Naples, senior police officer Captain Natalia Monte is called to investigate the theft of a painting from the medieval Church of San Domenico Maggiore. No sooner is the investigation underway than the city is rocked by a much graver crime: the murder of a talented and much-loved...