At a high-class house near Palermo, three women have been knifed to death, their foreheads slashed with a strange mark, their bodies dumped on the madam's doorstep. Rosa summons her friend, Serafina, and asks her to catch the killer.

A forty-something midwife with seven children and diminishing funds, Serafina plunges into the investigation, gathering evidence, following leads.

In a defiant meeting with the don, she makes an important discovery. Convinced of the murderer's identity, she conceives a daring plan to unmask the killer. Does she succeed? Can she hold her family together?

EXTRA

*****Be sure to read NO MORE BROTHERS, the second book in the Serafina Florio series of mysteries, a mix of mystery, suspense, and romance.