Dirty Tricks

A Game of Shadows

In the tangled streets of Rome, Inspector Aurelio Zen is drawn into a labyrinth of corporate intrigue and political skulduggery when a prominent advertising executive vanishes without a trace. What begins as a routine missing-person inquiry soon spirals into a high-stakes thriller: clandestine meetings in smoke-filled offices, encrypted files sequestered behind steel doors, and a furtive assassin who strikes with surgical precision. Zen must navigate a web of false leads and veiled threats, where every whispered conversation conceals a deeper betrayal.

Secrets Beneath the Surface

As Zen peels back the veneer of respectability surrounding the city’s elite, he uncovers unsettling alliances between multinational corporations and extremist factions willing to buy influence—and blood—in pursuit of their goals. A trail of shell companies leads him from the marble grandeur of the Vatican Bank to the neon glare of underground nightclubs, where rival operatives play a deadly game of cat and mouse. With each discovery, the stakes grow larger, and Zen realizes that the forces arrayed against him are far more powerful—and ruthless—than he ever imagined.

The Devil in the Details

Teaming up with a sharp-witted financial auditor whose own family secrets put her squarely in the crosshairs, Zen must decipher cryptic ledger entries and trace laundered money through a maze of offshore accounts. Every number carries a story of corruption, every transaction a hidden agenda. As the body count rises and the clock ticks toward a clandestine summit that could realign global power, Zen teeters on the razor’s edge between justice and survival.

Lines of Loyalty

In a heart-pounding climax atop the ancient ruins of the Forum, Zen confronts the mastermind orchestrating this campaign of deception. When loyalties collide and old debts demand repayment, he must decide whether to uphold the rule of law—or bend it to save the innocent. Dirty Tricks is a masterful blend of suspense, political machination, and moral ambiguity, proving that in Rome, nothing is as straightforward as it seems. Author’s description.