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Sanctuary

$6.00

Luca D’Andrea

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In his haunting follow-up to the acclaimed Beneath the Mountain,Luca D’Andrea returns to the stunning Italian landscape of Alto Adige in this clevertwisting thriller that follows a woman on the run from her crime boss husband and the assassin sent to kill her. The Italian region of Alto-Adige is the northernmost part of the countybordering Switzerland and Austria. The majestic Dolomites mountain range encompasses the area creating starkbeautiful landscapes. But this place of beauty also hides an evil side. For within the shadows of the towering Dolomites’ peaksone man has forged a reign of terror. Since World War IIwhen he was only a boyHerr Wegener has been entrenched in a black market crime organization. He is feared by all and controls everyone: politicianspoliceand his wife Marlene. But Marlene has finally had enough… Unable to take her husband’s abuse and cruelty anymoreMarlene has reached her breaking point and goes on the run–but not before stealing millions of lire worth of sapphires from Wegener’s safe as well as his car. Marlene was a young woman when Wegener fell into her life by chance while she was working at a hotel to earn money for her family who still lives in a rural mountain town. He represented protection and sanctuary–until she found out too late how he made his money. But no one escapes Wegenerand he will make sure Marlene pays for her betrayal. Wegener sends a notorious assassin to kill his wife–an assassin known solely as The Trusted Man and who always gets the job done. Once he is given an assignmenthe sees it through to the end no matter how difficult. Normallythis wouldn’t be a problem for Wegener. But then one of his men discovers the one fact that would make him want Marlene alive. She’s pregnant with his son…. With nightmarish villains and kind-hearted heroesSanctuary is a fairy tale-esque thriller that will leave readers racing through its pages to keep up with a cat and mouse game between a lunatic crime boss and his desperatepregnant wife.

Sanctuary

$6.00

1 in stock

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