By My Hand (Commissario Ricciardi Series #5)

The fifth Commissario Ricciardi historical mystery in the series of "ingenious crime novels, written with intelligence and enthusiasm" (The Wall Street Journal).

As Naples prepares for its holiday celebrations, behind the facade of order and happiness imposed by the fascist regime, lurks terrible poverty and blinding desperation. In a luxurious apartment on the Mergellina beach the bodies of a fascist militia officer and his wife have been found. The woman has had her throat cut while the m...