Alyssa Palombo

Oct 27, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Alyssa Palombo

In an impressive performance, Nicol Zanzarella takes listeners into the beauty, sensuality, and deadly dangers of sixteenth-century Venice. Valentina Riccardi is both a courtesan and a paid assassin. She has no moral qualms about her work, believing that her contract killings are for the good of the Venice she loves. That's true until her employer, Ambrogio Malatesta, presents her with an impossible dilemma: Assassinate the man she loves, or her beloved young daughter will be killed.

Jul 14, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Alyssa Palombo

In an impressive performance, Nicol Zanzarella takes listeners into the beauty, sensuality, and deadly dangers of sixteenth-century Venice. Valentina Riccardi is both a courtesan and a paid assassin. She has no moral qualms about her work, believing that her contract killings are for the good of the Venice she loves. That's true until her employer, Ambrogio Malatesta, presents her with an impossible dilemma: Assassinate the man she loves, or her beloved young daughter will be killed.

Jul 11, 2024 | crimereads.com | Alyssa Palombo

During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Venice was the richest and most powerful nation in Europe. You’d be forgiven for thinking that title would go to one of the larger nations like England or France, but through a combination of physical location, a robust mercantile economy, and military – largely naval – prowess, it was Venice that rose above the rest.

Apr 5, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Alyssa Palombo |Kathy Reichs |Jacqueline Winspear

Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been.

Nov 21, 2023 | likewise.com | Samantha Shannon |Ami McKay |Sarah Perry |Alyssa Palombo

Outlanderby Diana GabaldonLiked by 96.1KPixOutlander features a strong female protagonist set in both historical and fictional periods. It explores a forbidden romance between the main character, Claire, and a Highlander named Jamie. The slow burn romance and vivid world-building will transport readers to another time and place. To add a comment, download the Likewise app from your device's app store.