The fifth book in the Leone Scamarcio series set in Rome sees the lone wolf police detective face off against the devil; metaphorically and literally.
Andrea Borghese was a troubled young man - so much so, that conventional treatments did nothing to alleviate the mood swings and strange behavior. With his parent's at their wits-end, his mother turned to the church for answers. What she got was nothing short of the supernatural; exorcisms, the devil incarnate, and ultimately death and destruction of her domestic situation.
With Andrea's murder, Scamarcio treads down a path he's well used to. One that crosses the thin blue line of the law into dangerous territory; a path that not only brings pain to his professional career, but threatens to destroy his personal life and that of his unborn child.
There's a lot going on in The Devil and it's all interwoven beautifully. I love Scamarico's inner struggle and penchant for self destruction, it's what separates the character from other crime series protagonists and this book, in particular, is all the better for it.
While new reader friendly, The Devil works on more levels by having an understanding as to how Scamarico and co. got here. I highly recommended starting with The Few and reading all the way through to The Devil.
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I was fortunate enough to interview the author a while back, you can read that interview HERE.
The Devil is published in Australia by Scribe, read more about the book, and others from their website.
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