Traci Andrighetti

• Jun-2026
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⭐ From USA Today bestselling author Traci Andrighetti comes a laugh-out-loud mystery series where luxury food tours through Italy dish up pasta, piazzas -- and plenty of peril. A luxury food tour in Capri? Yes. A corpse in the Blue Grotto? Not on ...

• Oct-2025
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Franki's plans to get hitched hit a serious snag... Wedding bells are ringing for Franki Amato. She's overjoyed, and overstressed. Family and friends have gathered in New Orleans to see her tie the knot, and her mom and nonna are giving her marital ...

• Nov-2024
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Franki's Thanksgiving is turning out to be a real turkey! Thanksgiving is approaching, and yet for PI Franki Amato every holiday in New Orleans smacks of a Mardi Gras party. Prime example, she should be preparing a traditional turkey and ravioli din...

• Jul-2024
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Franki's coffee shop noir is a hard nut to crack! It's a slow, steamy summer in New Orleans' French Quarter, but Franki Amato is busy planning her bridal shower -- that is, until a hit-and-run outside a coffee shop gets her PI senses percolating. Th...

• Jun-2023
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Parading for Mardi Gras is no party...When PI Franki Amato was invited to watch her sixty-something landlady, Glenda, compete at the French Quarter's annual kickoff to Mardi Gras weekend, she had reservations. After all, the event is called the Greas...

• Nov-2021
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Franki's Venice vacation makes New Orleans seems like Disneyland... Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend's Christmas Eve nuptials. She's looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casa...

• Nov-2020
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An ax murder leaves Franki less than jazzed...Jazz Fest is in full swing in The Big Easy, but PI Franki Amato is singing the blues. The owner of an historic Italian grocery and deli is murdered in a manner eerily reminiscent of the Axeman of New Orle...

• Sep-2019
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It's Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, but PI Franki Amato has too many problems to celebrate. A proven Sicilian lemon tradition hasn't landed her a proposal, so her nonna has amped up the meddling to get her married, and pronto. Franki's also und...

• Apr-2019
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It's springtime in New Orleans, and Franki Amato's BFF and boss, Veronica Maggio, has dragged her to an art auction at one of the city's historic house museums. Up for sale, a provocative, not to mention peculiar, painting of their sixty-something ex...

• Nov-2018
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It's the night before Christmas in New Orleans, and a storm is brewing for PI Franki Amato. Her family is coming to town, but she's pretty sure Santa isn't. Her boyfriend's flight home has been canceled, but her mom and matchmaker nonna still expect ...

• Feb-2018
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Halloween is looming large in New Orleans, and Private Investigator Franki Amato's in a gloomy mood. Her boyfriend Bradley has to leave on an extended business trip, and her slacker brother is coming to town with her matchmaker nonna who's determined...

• Oct-2017
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• Jun-2016
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**Now in development for a TV movie!** Private investigator Franki Amato has just turned thirty, and she feels anything but festive. For starters, she can't have cake because she's given up sweets, and one of her teeth is torturing her. To add insult...

• Jun-2015
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With Christmas around the corner, Franki Amato's got visions of her sugarplum, Bradley Hartmann, dancing in her head. Now that she finally has some time off from her PI job, she's cooking him up a special holiday treat, and it's not figgy pudding. He...

• Nov-2014
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**Now in development for a TV movie!** For Franki Amato, life in New Orleans is anything but "The Big Easy." When she met handsome bank executive Bradley Hartmann, she knew she'd finally found a man she could trust. But she can't say the same for his...

• Jan-2014
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From debut author, Traci Andrighetti, comes a tale of murder, mayhem, and meddling Sicilian grandmas... Francesca "Franki" Amato is a tough-talking rookie cop in Austin, Texas -- until an unfortunate 911 call involving her boyfriend, Vince, and a ...