Night Bus

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Leila is young, beautiful and a hustler. She robs hapless men picked up in the trendy nightclubs of Bologna. Easy money, until she ends up with a document at the centre of a carefully crafted plot of political blackmail. In an atmosphere of intense underworld paranoia she is pursued simultaneously by two secret service operatives, a goon hired by the blackmailer and the police. They are after the document and a suitcase full of dollars meant to be the pay-off. Chased through the streets of Bologna she comes across Francesco, a bus driver and gambling addict who spends most of his time running from the Bear, a terrifying debt collector for the mob. Suitcases and blackmail notes change hands at a frenetic pace against a background of murder and other violence beyond the fringe. A savagely funny crime adventure with an Italian twist.

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"An ironic and relentless thriller. A chase that won't let you catch your breath until the last page." Carlo Lucarelli "Inspired by the hardcore writing of Elmore Leonard and Donald E.Westlake. Rigosi takes things a step further with a gift for drawing relevant and unforgettable characters." Il Manifesto

Author Bio

Born in Bologna in 1962, Rigosi is a philosophy graduate and a former bus driver. He is a critically acclaimed novelist, playwright and author of screenplays. "Night Bus" is his first crime novel.