Joseph Roccasalvo: 3 books

Alina in Ecstasy is a novel about a man who is a famous writer and intensely hostile to religion. Julian Mandel, more an agnostic than an atheist, is in a rage over a former lover's decision to join the Carthusiansa religious order noted for silence and solitude. When he visits Alina, now Mother Maddalena,...

The trio of stories in TRIPLE SEC is like the high alcoholic liqueur: a bitter-sweet extract of orange rind thrice distilled for intensity. In The Vital Instinct, Nick is in love with Laura who is losing her memory. He discovers that one perfume alone, helping her to remember, rekindles their...

Island of the Assassin is about two kinds of silence in conflict. A covert killer, Kai Landrie, contracted by the CIA to target Islamic terrorists, develops moral scruples. He shares his doubts in confession with Peter Quince, a priest, who gets renditioned for receiving classified information. The result: two unconditional secreciessacred and profanetragically collide.