Milo Marchetti smells a rat when an exotic woman who resembles his dead wife asks him to arrange a murder with an offer he cannot refuse. He soon finds she's the catalyst for confrontations with mobsters, religious zealots and the police who brand him as a serial killer. Drawn into a dangerous love affair and her criminal family, will Milo commit the murder for her? When shocking truths about the woman surface, he has to choose: a deceitful lover and enormous power or a return to his old life as a musician. Or is there another shock in store for Milo? Blood Rain in Trieste's witty, morally pragmatic Milo Marchetti will appeal to fans of Philip Kerr's hard detective, Bernie Gunther, Robert Wilson's fixer, Bruce Medway, and Len Deighton's insubordinate Harry Palmer. If you want a furiously paced thriller with memorable characters and uneasy love, this is it. Don't expect a pat ending.