Retribution: The Second Book of the Rossini Trilogy

by Rosemary Dronchi

Agostino Rossini faces his greatest fear in Rosemary
Dronchi's second Rossini Trilogy novel, which again links the beauty of the
Italian countryside, the excitement of Prohibition-era New York City, and a gripping,
high-stakes drama that pits brother against brother.

In 1930, the aftermath of America's stock market crash begins
to deepen into the catastrophes of the Depression. Having risked his life to bring
the killer of his mother to justice and heal the trauma of his past, Manhattan entrepreneur
Agostino Rossini nurtures his wife and young family and struggles to retain his
business empire amid the economic crisis. Then he discovers that a contract has
been put on his family's life--and that his half-brother, the assassin known as
The Leopard, has come to New York City.
If The Leopard is the killer hired to fulfill the contract, Rossini knows he
faces a terrifying challenge: The Leopard is a meticulous, fearless predator
known to fulfill his assignments at all costs. And since Agostino does not know
who ordered the hit, stopping the Leopard alone will not be enough to protect
everything he holds dear.


While his peril grows and his understanding of his family's
tangled past deepens, Agostino's lifelong faith in justice falters. He must
call on all of his wealth, knowledge, courage and cunning as he takes on the
most shadowy of opponents and faces the devastating aftermath of a secret that
has been buried for twenty-eight years.

357 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 4, 2014