With Cast A Deadly Shadow Roger Granelli has followed his exciting series of Palermo Stories with a full-length novel that is a vibrant, fast-moving tale of murder, betrayal and lust. Continuing their never-ending fight against the mafia Carpanini and Bracchi have captured long-time target Bardolini, but this sets off a dramatic chain of events in which dangerous men of the Sicilian underworld want to get involved, and each one has his own agenda. Carpanini’s marriage is on the rocks and Bracchi has a heart-rending choice of devotion over duty. The redoubtable duo are in their tightest spot ever as they are threatened by three different mafia entities, all trying to gain the upper hand over each other as the story twists and turns towards an explosive final climax.