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Stiletto

Published
Jan 1960
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Suspense Suspense
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320

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An amoral young Italian aristocrat with a penchant for violence and a lust for women, Cesare Cardinali enters into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a special agent out to destroy the criminal organization for who Cesare works.

Cesare Cardinale is an amoral, aristocratic Italian playboy—an entrepreneur and race car driver who wants for nothing—whether it's fast cars, beautiful women, or orgies of debauchery. Cesare, however, has two dirty secrets: First, he has a penchant for violence that borders on the sadistic and sociopathic; second, he owes his extravagant life to a Sicilian Mafia don, creating a seemingly perfect relationship—as he leads a double life as a Mafia assassin.

But when Cesare is ordered to murder four U.S. government witnesses in protective custody, he attracts the attention of a mysterious special agent who will stop at nothing to bring the crime syndicate down. Soon Cesare is engaged in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse against both an adversary who is more than his match, as he understands what makes Cesare tick, and the Mafia, who fears he might talk.

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Sep 1978 Dell ISBN 0440182840
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