Big truck, big dog, big hair. Bad attitude.Roxy Abruzzo, bestselling author Nancy Martin's latest creation, is the loud-mouthed, sexy, independent-minded niece of a Pittsburgh Mafia boss trying to go (mostly) straight. She'd like to stay completely out of her uncle Carmine's shady business dealings, though he's trying to reel her in. She'd like to concentrate on the architectural salvage business she runs mostly on the up-and-up for a tidy profit....

Dr. Daniel Rinaldi, psychologist and consultant to the Pittsburgh police, becomes a participant in a domestic drama that blows up right outside his front door, saved from a bullet to the brain by pure chance. In the chaos that follows, Rinaldi learns his bad-girl, wealthy neighbor has told her hair-triggered boyfriend that Rinaldi is her lover. As things heat up, Rinaldi becomes a murder suspect.

A collection of crime stories inspired by the steel city's grittier elements includes original contributions by such authors as Stewart O'Nan, Carlos Delgado, and Tom Lipinski.

"When a sports mascot is murdered by an unseen sniper at a college football game, the event erupts into mass chaos. Worse, the dead man in the costume is not the person who was supposed to be wearing it. At first, psychologist Daniel Rinaldi is called in to treat the traumatized almost-victim who is still reeling from a near miss with the serial killer. But as As Pittsburgh is besieged by more deadly sniper attacks, and more random citizens are targeted...

"Three unexpected friends find a gruff yet kindhearted troll underneath their local Pittsburgh bridge who teaches them the importance of friendship and raising their voices"--