White Shotgun
  • Published: 15 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307391018
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $32.99

White Shotgun

An FBI Special Agent Ana Grey Novel

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21 Jun 2011
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21 Jun 2011
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15 Aug 2012
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In the fourth Ana Grey novel, the FBI sends the intrepid agent to Siena, Italy, where she goes undercover to investigate the mafias while carefully treading the fine line between loyalty to her family and duty to her job.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
MEMORANDUM [TRUSTED AGENTS ONLY]
 
TO:         SAC Robert Galloway, Los Angeles Field Office
FROM:   Special Agent Dennis Rizzio, FBI LEGAT, Rome
 
SUBJECT:  Special Agent ANA GREY
LOCATION:  Siena, Italy
 
TARGET:  NICOLI NICOSA, head of successful coffee import business.  Suspected mafia involvement.
 
CONTACT:  CECILIA MARIA NICOSA, wife of Nicoli Nicosa.  Popular socialite. Claims to be Special Agent Grey’s sister.
 
THE MISSION: Special Agent Grey to make close contact with Cecilia Maria Nicosa.  Penetrate family.  Investigate disappearance of mafia operative, LUCIA VINCENZA, Nicosa’s mistress.  Gather intelligence on Nicosa’s possible ties to cocaine trafficking.
 
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Special Agent Grey will arrive during Il Palio, a famous horse race and time of high tension in the city.  Violent outbreaks among rival contradas (neighborhoods) are common.
 
WARNING:  THE SOUTHERN MAFIAS HAVE BEEN MAKING STRONG INROADS IN THIS PART OF ITALY.  MANY ENEMIES GO “WHITE SHOTGUN.” THEY DISAPPEAR.
 
UPDATE: Cecilia Maria Nicosa has been kidnapped  and their sixteen year-old son, Giovanni, severely beaten.  Nicoli Nicosa suspicious of FBI involvement.  Special Agent Grey to exercise extreme caution.
  • Published: 15 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307391018
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

April Smith

April Smith is a major Hollywood scriptwriter and producer. In addition to Cagney and Lacey she is the writer/producer of four distinguished TV movies: Best Kept Secrets; Ernie Kovass; Between the Laughter; Love Lives On and Taking Back my Life: The Nancy Ziegenmayer Story. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and two children.

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Praise for White Shotgun

  • "The adrenaline is nicely balanced by [Ana's] grappling with loyalties to both blood and Bureau." --People (three stars)
  • "Smith has created a vibrant, intriguing cast of characters and has a superb eye for detail.... But her true forte is storytelling, and this unlikely tale of an FBI agent investigating a mafia connection in Italy works because of Smith's nimble plotting." --Pittsburgh Tribune-Review