Fiction
The Transaction
by Guglielmo D’Izzia
A property harbouring a gruesome secret goes up for sale. Two men—perhaps, the wrong men—are shot in plain daylight. Nothing is what it seems. De Angelis, an inscrutable northerner, travels to a small town perched somewhere in Sicily’s hinterland to negotiate a real estate transaction, only to find himself embroiled in a criminal conspiracy. What follows is a web of unsettling events, involving child prostitution and brazen killings that lead to the abrupt demise of his business deal. As De Angelis embarks on a reckless sleuthing, an unexpected turn of events sends him into a tailspin—forcing him to confront the type of man he really is.
