Maurizio De Giovanni

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2013
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Bastards of Pizzofalcone

1 - The Bastards of Pizzofalcone (Apr-2016)
2 - Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone (Aug-2016)
3 - Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone (May-2019)
4 - Puppies (Jul-2020)
5 - Bread (Jul-2022)

Commissario Ricciardi

1 - I Will Have Vengeance (Jan-2013)
2 - Blood Curse (May-2013)
3 - Everyone in Their Place (Nov-2013)
4 - Day of the Dead (Mar-2014)
5 - By My Hand (Aug-2014)
6 - Viper (Mar-2015)
7 - The Bottom of Your Heart (Nov-2015)
8 - Glass Souls (Jul-2017)
9 - Nameless Serenade (Aug-2018)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • I Will Have Vengeance

    Commissario Ricciardi - 1

    Naples, 1931. A bitter wind stalks the city streets, and murder lies at its chilled heart. When Maestro Vezzi, one of the world's greatest tenors, is found brutally murdered in his dressing room at Naples famous San Carlo theater, the enigmatic and a...

  • Blood Curse

    Commissario Ricciardi - 2

    Ricciardi has visions. He sees and hears the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths. It is both a gift and a curse. It has helped him become one of the most acute and successful homicide detectives in the Naples police force. But all...

  • The Crocodile

    The author of the Commissario Ricciardi series “manages to conjure up the terrifying darkness at the heart of a serial killer in this chilling procedural” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).The chaotic, shadowy city of Naples proves the perfect ...

  • Everyone in Their Place

    Commissario Ricciardi - 3

    Naples 1931. Together with his indefatigable partner, Brigadier Maione, Ricciardi, a man driven into solitude by his paranormal “gift” of seeing the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths -- a talent that also makes him a highly ...

  • Day of the Dead

    Commissario Ricciardi - 4

    In this fourth installment of the internationally successful Commissario Ricciardi series, the Commissario is investigating the death of Matteo, one of the many street urchins who live hand-to-mouth in the dark alleys of 1930s Naples. While at first ...

  • By My Hand

    Commissario Ricciardi - 5

    As Naples prepares for its holiday celebrations, behind the facade of order and happiness imposed by the fascist regime, lurks terrible poverty and blinding desperation. In a luxurious apartment on the Mergellina beach the bodies of a fascist militia...

  • Viper

    Commissario Ricciardi - 6

    Springtime proffers fragrant temptations to the men and women of Naples. But evil also lurks in the sweet-smelling spring air. It is one week before Easter, Naples, 1932. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the m...

  • The Bottom of Your Heart

    Commissario Ricciardi - 7

    In the middle of a summer heat wave, as Naples prepares for one of its most important holy days, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from the window of his office. For Commissario Ricciardi and Brigadier Maione it is the beginning of an investigati...

  • The Bastards of Pizzofalcone

    Bastards of Pizzofalcone - 1

    A new series of hardboiled crime fiction set in contemporary Naples by the author of the internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series. They've made a fresh start at the Pizzofalcone precinct of Naples. They fired every member of the i...



  • Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone

    Bastards of Pizzofalcone - 2

    A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as "The Chinaman," starts to investigate. De Giovanni is one of the most dexterous and successful writ...

  • Glass Souls

    Commissario Ricciardi - 8

    The eighth Commissario Ricciardi historical mystery from the author of The Bottom of Your Heart “will surprise readers at every turn” (La Reppublica).   In the abyss of a profound personal crisis, Commissario Ricciardi feels unable to open h...

  • Nameless Serenade

    Commissario Ricciardi - 9

    The ninth Commissario Ricciardi Neapolitan mystery is “noir with a heart, haunting and beautiful . . . A literary thriller of exceptional quality” (NB Magazine).   Years ago, Vinnie Sannino left Naples on a ship bound for Amer...

  • Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone

    Bastards of Pizzofalcone - 3

    Naples detectives face a coldblooded killer amid the chill of winter in the third book of the Italian author’s acclaimed mystery thriller series. A heinous double murder in a squalid apartment on the wrong side of town pits the motley collection of...

  • Puppies

    Bastards of Pizzofalcone - 4

    An abandoned baby and a missing dog lead a group of Neapolitan cops to murder and mayhem in this mystery by the author of Cold for the Bastards.The next installment in Maurizio de Giovanni’s bestselling “Bastards of Pizzofalcone” series unfolds...

  • Bread

    Bastards of Pizzofalcone - 5

    The Bastards of Pizzofalcone SeriesIn the fifth installment in Maurizio de Giovanni’s bestselling series, the Bastards of Pizzofalcone face their hardest challenge yet: will they emerge stronger or will they succumb to Naples’s darkest forces?Som...

  • Winter Swallows

    The tenth Commissario Ricciardi Neapolitan mystery is “endlessly surprising… a delicate balancing act between love and pain, horror and beauty.” -- ThrillerNordChristmas has just passed and the city is preparing to celebrate New Year when, on t...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Maurizio De Giovanni has published 16 books.

Maurizio De Giovanni does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Winter Swallows, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Maurizio De Giovanni, I Will Have Vengeance, was published in January 2013.

Yes. Maurizio De Giovanni has 2 series.
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