A Commissario Scala Mystery in Rome

A Stranger in Disguise: An Italian Murder Mystery

A cursed play. A dead costume designer. Can the stubborn detective stop the next murderous act?

Rome, Italy. Detective Maurizio Scala isn’t a fan of the theater. However, he will have to win his reluctance when a case comes to his desk. The member of a foreign acting company was brutally murdered, and the detective is quick to take center stage.
Diving into the case, he targets a suspect who last saw the victim—and then disappeared. But when he discovers her body by the river, he fears he has a killer on his hands who’s just getting started.
A deeper investigation by the stubborn sleuth reveals the complexity beneath the apparent simple life of the victim. What was she hiding?
Will detective Scala reveal the secrets and stop the killer before more innocents meet their fate?
A Stranger in Disguise is the fourth suspenseful book in An Inspector Scala Mystery series. If you like police procedurals, gritty heroes, and surprising twists, then you’ll love P. J. Mann’s thrilling whodunit.

Buy A Stranger in Disguise: An Italian Murder Mystery to solve the case together with Detective Scala and his team!

A Commissario Scala Mystery in Rome

You Don’t Know Me: An Italian Murder Mystery.

The mysterious missing of a teenager. A series of murders unconnected with one another. Will detective Scala solve the mystery before other innocents will meet their fate at the hands of the killer?

Rome, Italy. When the missing of a teenage girl shakes the centenary quiet of a small town in the Roman hinterland, detective Scala realizes it will be the most challenging case in his career.

As Scala and his team investigate, they will soon focus on two key suspects. But as the case goes on, another body is found.

At that point, the sleuth understands that the key to catch the killer lies in the apparent perfect life of the missing teenage girl.

You Don’t Know Me is the third suspenseful book in ‘A Commissario Scala mystery in Rome.’ If you like police procedurals, stubborn heroes, and surprising twists, then you’ll love P. J. Mann’s thrilling whodunit.
Buy You Don’t Know Me: An Italian Murder Mystery: to solve the case together with Detective Scala and his team!

A thrilling standalone novel

When a jeweler uncovers the secret behind his jinxed inventory, will assassins put him permanently out of business?

Edward Sherwood understands the irresistible appeal of cursed gems. Capitalizing on the psychology of superstition, he specializes in keepsakes said to have brought their owners to a bad end.

But when he outbids the Russian mob to acquire a particularly interesting ruby, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a deadly hit squad.

Escaping the country with the help of a former Bratva henchman, Edward quickly sells the stone to shed the heat. When the buyer meets with a mysterious accident, the unscrupulous gemologist comes face to face with an obsessive policeman determined to prove he’s connected to similar deaths.

Has Edward’s ominous business provoked a curse he can’t escape?