Bandit Love, Massimo Carlotto

If you like your noir Mediterranean, with an extra side of grit then Massimo Carlotto is for you.  Marco “The Alligator” Buratti inhabits a world of thieves, informants and cut-throats.  He thought he was leaving his past behind but it just came back and grabbed him by the throat. 

Forced to investigate a narcotics theft when his partner’s girlfriend is snatched, Buratti  finds himself caught in the middle of a Mafia standoff between Italians, Kosovars and Serbians.  Buratti and his cohorts are going to have to bring on the mayhem to get the quiet life they feel they deserve but as Buratti finds it never ends - no matter whose side you’re on.