02148cam a2200397 i 4500 792737142 TxAuBib 20230508120000.0 221018s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022038998 9780593676578 large print : paperback 0593676572 large print : paperback TxAuBib rda Scottoline, Lisa, author. Loyalty / Lisa Scottoline. First large print edition. New York, NY : Random House Large Print, 2023. ©2023. xi, 554 pages (large print) : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sicily, 1810. Franco Fiorvanti toils on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning a lemon grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. When the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy, Franco makes a decision that will change his life-- and the history of Sicily. Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice is tantamount to a calling. He's a member of the Beati Paoli, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in Palermo, a city riddled with graft. Gaetano sets out to find the kidnapped boy, but his mission leads him to a darker place than he had ever imagined. Mafalda Pancari is a new mother rejoicing at the birth of her daughter, Lucia, when disaster strikes. Alfredo D'Antonio is a reclusive goatherd under constant threat of being discovered as a Jew. As their lives collide along with a turbulent history of colonization and corruption. - adapted from back cover. 20230508. Kidnapping Fiction. Mafia Fiction. Good and evil Fiction. Loyalty Fiction. Organized crime Fiction. Large print books. Italy Fiction. Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. Novels.