A Stranger in Disguise (A Commissario Scala Mystery in Rome) by P.J. Mann – Review by Nicole Thompson

If you’re looking for a mystery thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end, P.J. Mann’s A Stranger in Disguise is a must-read. The book is written in English but is set in Italy, and the author’s use of language hints that they may be more familiar with a different language, but this does not take away from the book’s readability. The story follows Detective Maurizio Scala as he investigates the murder of a costume maker for a foreign acting group in Rome, Italy. At first, it seems like a straightforward case, but soon reveals itself to be more complicated than it first appeared. Detective Scala finds himself embroiled in a web of lies, deceit, drugs, and murder, as he discovers the victim’s ties to a bank robbery and the Romania mafia. If you’re a fan of thrillers, you won’t want to miss out on A Stranger in Disguise!