{"product_id":"cold-tuscan-stone-9781464214646","title":"Cold Tuscan Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst in the Rick Montoya Italian mystery series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wagner hits all the right notes in this debut. His likable protagonist engages, plus the Italian angle is always appealing. Perfect for readers who enjoy a complex puzzle, a bit of humor, and a fairly gentle procedural. Don't miss this one.\"--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e STARRED review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Rick Montoya moves to Rome to work as a translator, he doesn't expect to get involved in an investigation. But as the situation spirals, he soon finds himself fighting for his life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Montoya has moved from New Mexico to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He's settling in to la dolce vita when a school friend who is now senior in the Italian Art Squad recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects, and an expense account, Rick would arrive in Tuscany posing as a buyer for a gallery and spend his days looking at Roman artifacts and sipping wine to flush out burial urn traffickers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut before sunset on Rick's first day in Volterra, a gallery employee dies in a brutal fall from a high cliff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe local Commissario and his team consider Rick an amateur, and worse, a foreigner. And now they suspect him in the dead man's murder. While the Volterra squad pursues its leads, Rick continues to interview his list: a museum director, a top gallery owner, a low-profile import\/export businessman and his enterprising color-coordinated assistant, and a sensuous heiress with a private art specialty and clientele.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHas Rick's role made him the target of both cops and criminals?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first Tuscan book in David P. Wagner's Italian mysteries introduces us to Rick Montoya, an American translator who agrees to help catch art smugglers--and soon finds himself in over his head.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books in the Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCold Tuscan Stone\u003cbr\u003eDeath in the Dolomites\u003cbr\u003eMurder Most Unfortunate\u003cbr\u003eReturn to Umbria\u003cbr\u003eA Funeral in Mantova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464214646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"David Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38019546546357,"sku":"9781464214646","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5883766b-2f2c-40bc-a275-8ca9e4d994e0.jpg?v=1609172755","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cold-tuscan-stone-9781464214646","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}