Ciao, Amore, Ciao by Sandro Martini
TITLE INFORMATION
Ciao, Amore, Ciao
Sandro Martini
Black Rose Writing, 385 pages
9781685135782, 3.27.2025
Overall Rating = 4.67
Storyline & Concept = 4.5
Writing & Delivery = 5
Editorial = 4.5
Based around actual events, this novel unfolds across multiple timelines, each steeped in its own brand of tension. It begins with a mystery uncovered by a present-day, disillusioned journalist, Alex Lago, who finds a photograph among his dying father’s possessions—a photograph that attracts the attention of a beautiful woman and sets in motion the revelation of events that began on the battlefields of Stalingrad in 1942 and continued with an American investigation into a brutal massacre in Italy in 1945.
With crisp and wonderfully atmospheric writing, Martini paints vivid portraits of wartime horrors and post-war reckonings. The narrative is fraught with moral dilemmas and unforeseen dangers and is coated with tension and intrigue. Using his masterful command of descriptive narrative, the author balances action, suspense, and emotional depth to deliver a truly immersive, thought-provoking read with an unflinching look at the sins of the past and the lengths to which the powerful will go to keep them buried. This novel is a must-read for fans of historical thrillers layered with espionage and suspense.
Sublime Line: “Vivid and chilling, this is a riveting tale of the horrors of war and a dangerous truth waiting to be unearthed.”
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