{"id":51,"date":"2012-10-14T06:59:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:49:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEvery good story has a mystery in it,\u201d said Henning Mankell."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1>I love a good story. Maybe you do too.<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The kind of story that won\u2019t let me go, no matter how late it is and what I have to do in the morning. The kind of story that keeps me thinking days after I turn that last page. Slowly.<\/p>\n<h1>I read more than 7 million words a year. Maybe you do too.<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I owe it to myself to make sure they\u2019re good ones.<\/p>\n<h1>Because I love a good story and want to be glad I read it, I also write.<\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>If you love stories, if you love words, if you know how they can make you feel more, know more, take you out of your today to walk in someone else\u2019s time and place, this website has something for you.<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/She-Knew-Too-Much-Front-Cover-1-scaled.jpg?resize=584%2C937&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11766\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6283151074174188;width:261px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/She-Knew-Too-Much-Front-Cover-1-scaled.jpg?w=1595&amp;ssl=1 1595w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/She-Knew-Too-Much-Front-Cover-1-scaled.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/She-Knew-Too-Much-Front-Cover-1-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>American travel writer Genie Clarke\u2019s assignment in Rome is complete. One more cup of espresso and back to the hotel to pack. In a caff\u00e9 on the Piazza del Popolo, she overhears four mafiosi planning a crime. When they realize she\u2019s heard them, her nightmare begins.<\/strong> <strong>The police aren\u2019t interested in what she heard, not until she meets <em>Polizia di Stato<\/em> detective Leo Angelini. The two of them form an uneasy duo, but are stronger and better together.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This exciting new thriller presents Genie and Leo with a much larger and more audacious crime in the making than they at first imagine. 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