Affairs of State (Italian Trilogy)

Englishman, Paul and his Italian wife, Rosa have been living happily in Florence for nineteen years when a dinner invite to Rosa’s younger sister leads them into a dangerous world where political corruption and organised crime meet.
‘He thought of all the times he’d despaired at the lack of real action being taken against the general level of self-interest, exploitation and corruption in Italian public life, and railed against the left’s inability to stop squabbling amongst itself and do something concrete about putting things right.’