<div>&ldquo;[A] tautly paced stunner . . . [Anthony Bruno] leavens the suspense with dark humor and builds to a slam-bang finale&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). After two bodies&mdash;each of them hacked in half&mdash;are found in the Hudson River, FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons begin to investigate a deadly partnership between the Mafia and the Japanese yakuza. But they&rsquo;re in for a fight. After Gibbons takes a severe beating from a deranged assassin who believes he&rsquo;s the reincarnation of an ancient samurai, Tozzi vows revenge. But the sword-wielding madman is itching to sink his blade into Tozzi too . . . &ldquo;Excellent . . . Gutsy action . . . A hit.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal</div>

Bad Blood

<div>&ldquo;Fans of comic mysteries should add Bruno to their must-read list, alongside Laurence Shames and Janet Evanovich&rdquo; (Booklist). The plus-size parole officer returns in this new novel by the author of Anthony Award finalist Devil&rsquo;s Food and Double Espresso. This time around, a sexy colleague &ldquo;borrows&rdquo; Loretta Kovacs&rsquo;s partner&mdash;and paramour&mdash;Frank Marvelli for an assignment in San Francisco, and jealous Loretta tails them. Then Marvelli is kidnapped, and the women must team up to find him and nab the fugitive in question&mdash;a successful ice-cream entrepreneur . . .</div>

Hot Fudge

<div>A crime thriller starring two FBI agents up against the mob: &ldquo;This series dazzles with fast, intricate plotting, terrific characters, and humor&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons were once odd-couple partners in crimesolving. But Gibbons has gone into retirement&mdash;and Tozzi has just gone renegade. After hot-headed Tozzi leaves a trail of bodies in his wake, Gibbons heads back to work to stop him. Instead, the two of them team up&mdash;and uncover a secret crime family headed by a convicted mobster pulling the strings from the safety of the witness protection program. But it&rsquo;s when Tozzi gets involved with the gangster&rsquo;s sexy ex that the fur really starts to fly . . . &ldquo;[A] crackling thriller . . . This slick, fast-moving narrative offers interesting inside looks at the FBI and the Mafia and some delicious characters.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Grisly . . . Tense . . . Good stuff.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post &ldquo;The best fictional cop duo around.&rdquo; &mdash;People</div>

Bad Guys

<div>An FBI profiler plays a dangerous game with her mother&rsquo;s murderer in this chilling thriller by the author of Seven. FBI profiler Trisha McCleery has been on a twenty-year personal search for the person who brutally murdered her mother. At the same time, serial killer Gene Lassiter has been on an obsessive twenty-year search for the daughter of his first kill. If she finds him, justice can at last be served. If he finds her, one man&rsquo;s reign of terror can continue unabated&mdash;in this dark and suspenseful novel from an Edgar and Anthony Award&ndash;nominated author.</div>

Bleeders

<div>Two FBI agents investigate a shady real-estate mogul and the mob in Atlantic City in this &ldquo;hilarious adventure&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). A celebrity real estate tycoon wants to open the biggest casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey&mdash;the only problem being that he still owes millions to the mob, and he&rsquo;s not quite as rich as he seems to be . . . As FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons investigate, the story soon involves an oversexed trophy wife, a Mafia boss who pretends to be a mental patient, his sister (the nun), a championship prizefight, and Gibbons&rsquo;s reluctant wedding preparations, in a witty killer cocktail of a crime novel from an Edgar and Anthony Award&ndash;nominated author. &ldquo;The pacing far exceeds the legal requirements for crime thriller. Bad Luck, a novel filled to the brim with born losers, turns up a lucky seven.&rdquo; &mdash;People &ldquo;Bruno drives deep into Elmore Leonard territory . . . It&rsquo;s like a giant box of chocolates without a single dud.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Bad Luck

<div>A fast, funny crime thriller featuring &ldquo;the best fictional cop duo around&rdquo; (People). FBI Special Agents Cuthbert Gibbons and Mike Tozzi get into hot water when the turncoat mobster they were assigned to protect is found murdered&mdash;and Tozzi is the prime suspect. At the center of the crime is a dirty assistant US attorney who&rsquo;s been ordered to throw a major drug case to pay off a debt to a Sicilian gangster. But Gibbons and Tozzi are determined to bring order to the court . . . &ldquo;Fast, intricate and funny . . . The plot careens terrifically, like a combination of Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake, and the characters are vivid.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

Bad Business

<div>A gangster runs his empire from behind the walls of an asylum in this witty crime thriller: &ldquo;Bruno&rsquo;s novels have been total pleasure&rdquo; (People). Mobster or mental case? That&rsquo;s the question at the heart of FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons&rsquo;s latest case. Sal Immordino, incarcerated in a psychiatric institution, is actually plotting his comeback with the help of his sister (the nun) and a serial-killer-in-training. Bodies are piling up&mdash;and Gibbons and Tozzi have to throw out the rule book to keep Immordino off the throne . . . . &ldquo;The climax, set at a big Mafia funeral, is hilarious . . . This series dazzles with fast, intricate plotting, terrific characters and humor.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

Bad Moon

<div>Anthony Award Finalist: A skip tracer chases an embezzler to Florida&mdash;and finds herself entangled with bikers and the IRS&mdash;in this thriller &ldquo;packed with humor&rdquo; (Booklist). With her low-level law-enforcement career on the rocks, it&rsquo;s make-it-or-break-it time for zaftig Loretta Kovacs. She&rsquo;s been assigned to the ragtag Parole Violators Search Unit, a.k.a. the Jump Squad. All her buttons are pushed when she goes undercover as a desperate dieter at a Florida fat farm in order to nab an embezzler who&rsquo;s a perfect size 2. But untangling the mysteries surrounding this case is going to be harder than passing up a pastry . . . &ldquo;Bruno&rsquo;s characters are more than just quirky dressing for the plot . . . It moves fast and furious, but along the way his characters&rsquo; struggles with their own doubts and failings anchor the reader to them.&rdquo; &mdash;The Nashville Banner &ldquo;A divertingly comic entertainment with a bittersweet bite.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;Devil&rsquo;s Food is good, grainy crime writing, a little bit like New Jersey&rsquo;s answer to Elmore Leonard.&rdquo; &mdash;The Advocate (Greenwich, CT)</div>

Devil's Food

<div>&ldquo;A cast of kooky, dangerous characters worthy of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen . . . A funny, often harrowing crime novel&rdquo; (Booklist). In this follow-up to the Anthony Award finalist Devil&rsquo;s Food, fugitive-hunter Loretta Kovacs races to keep one hitman from killing another. The intended victim is a valuable government witness against the mob, and a dirty FBI agent is helping the bad guys. Now, while she struggles to kick her caffeine habit once and for all, Loretta must fend off the advances of an amorous mob boss while babysitting the cantankerous witness in Seattle&mdash;the capital of coffee&mdash;in this &ldquo;highly entertaining&rdquo; caper (Kirkus Reviews). &ldquo;Fans of comic mysteries should add Bruno to their must-read list, alongside Laurence Shames and Janet Evanovich.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

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Double Espresso

<div>A rollicking coming-of-age comedy set in 1970s New Jersey, from a multiple award&ndash;nominated author. In this hilarious and biting novel, seventeen-year-old Frank Grimaldi wants one thing more than anything else&mdash;to have sex before he graduates. Too bad his crazy teachers, his insane parents, the Catholic Church, and the Mafia are all standing in the way . . . From the author of Bad Apple and the Anthony Award finalist Devil&rsquo;s Food, this is an involving and entertaining story of a parochial high school and the many intrigues&mdash;romantic and otherwise&mdash;of its students.</div>

The Temptations of St. Frank

<div>A cops-and-mobsters crime thriller that &ldquo;keeps us entertained with razzle-dazzle style&rdquo; (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times). When an undercover FBI agent is murdered, the mob and the bureau race to nab the triggerman. The prime suspect takes agent Mike Tozzi hostage&mdash;and handcuffs him to the Mafia princess they both desire. Meanwhile, the big boss captures Tozzi&rsquo;s partner, Gibbons, intent on seeing justice served his way . . . From an Edgar and Anthony Award&ndash;nominated author, this sparkling tale of suspense features &ldquo;inspired plotting that just keeps ratcheting up the tension and the comedy&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). &ldquo;Engagingly quirky . . . Builds white-knuckle tension even as its earthy heroes continue to amuse and charm.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Bruno&rsquo;s novels have been total pleasure.&rdquo; &mdash;People</div>

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Books By Anthony Bruno (11 Books)

Bad Blood

Hot Fudge

Bad Guys

Bleeders

Bad Luck

Bad Business

Bad Moon

Devil's Food

Double Espresso

The Temptations of St. Frank

Bad Apple

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