Dolce Vita Murders (DI Nick Jellicoe Series Book 4)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DOLCE VITA MURDERS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DOLCE VITA MURDERS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DI Jellicoe Book Four
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jack Murray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Books by Jack Murray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DI Jellicoe Series
 
 
 
 A Time to Kill
 
 
 The Bus Stop
 
 
 Trio
 
 
 Dolce Vita Murders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kit Aston Series
 
 
 
 The Affair of the Christmas Card Killer
 
 
 The Chess Board Murders
 
 
 The Phantom
 
 
 The Frisco Falcon
 
 
 The Medium Murders
 
 
 The Bluebeard Club
 
 
 The Tangier Tajine
 
 
 The Empire Theatre Murders (May 2023)
 
 
 The French Diplomat Affair (novella)
 
 
 Haymaker’s Last Fight (novelette)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Agatha Aston Series
 
 
 
 Black-Eyed Nick
 
 
 The Witchfinder General Murders
 
 
 The Christmas Murder Mystery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Danny Shaw / Manfred Brehme WWII Series
 
 
 
 The Shadow of War)
 
 
 Crusader
 
 
 El Alamein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Copyright © 2022 by Jack Murray
 
 
 
 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed ‘Attention: Permissions Coordinator,’ at the address below.
 
 
 
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 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is either purely coincidental or used in a fictitious manner, except when they really were alive.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 For my Monica, Lavinia, Anne and our angel baby, Edward…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Prologue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Somewhere nr Palermo, Sicily: May 1949
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Felix M. Scheffler fixed his eyes on the man in front of him. As much as he tried, it was impossible to feel neutral about the man he faced. It was neither hate nor respect. Nor was it fear or disdain. Salvatore Lucania was not a man who provoked disinterestedness in people; it was usually fear. He’d changed his name many years before after coming to America. The name that he’d chosen would make him infamous: Charles Luciano. They called him ‘Lucky’ and perhaps he was, but the man Scheffler was gazing at did not strike him as someone who relied on good fortune.
 
 
 What was he doing here? Seated in front of him was a man feared in Italy and in America. A man who had been a gang boss, Il Capo
 , in his home country. He was responsible for the death of dozens of men in the gang wars in