A Detective Luca Meroni Crime Thriller (The Rome Trilogy Book 1)

A bomb at the Vatican. 

A mutilated corpse at the Colosseum. 

A sniper’s bullet – and that's just the beginning

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Nothing Can Be Loved

A Detective Luca Meroni Crime Thriller (The Rome Trilogy Book 2)

Five women are dead. One killer priest is on the loose.

Detective Luca Meroni is back – haunted, hunted, and alone.

On his first morning back at the Questura di Roma, Meroni is called to the Monti Palace Hotel. Contessa Sofia Casaldi lies dead in her bath. In her hand: a pentacle...

The Cause Of All Fear

A Detective Luca Meroni Crime Thriller (The Rome Trilogy Book 1)

A bomb at the Vatican.

A mutilated corpse at the Colosseum.

A sniper’s bullet – and that’s just the beginning.

Detective Luca Meroni is called to investigate a dead body at the Colosseum only to be thrust into a deadly game spanning generations.

As Meroni investigates, he uncovers a...

Toni Viola

Toni Viola

Toni Viola is a crime thriller author.

‘Viola’ was his Nonna’s maiden name—an homage to his Italian roots. Toni’s mother was born in a small village near Cassino, in southern Italy.

Meroni - The Rome Trilogy is a character-driven crime thriller series featuring Detective Luca Meroni: a failed footballer and disgraced undercover cop. After a botched assignment in Bari, Meroni is pulled into a string of brutal investigations in the Eternal City that test his loyalty, resilience, and fractured grip on reality. A gripping series for readers who crave edgy thrillers and relish the dark pulse of international crime noir.

In a previous writing life, Toni spent his formative years contributing to a horse racing magazine. His first venture into fiction was two novels for younger readers.

That was then …

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Five women are dead. One killer priest is on the loose.

Detective Luca Meroni is back – haunted, hunted, and alone.

On his...