Blog Tour: The Hit by Nadia Dalbuono – Review

The Hit by Nadia Dalbuono was released on 9th February 2017 by Scribe UK.

The investigation of a hit-and-run in Rome leads Detective Leone Scamarcio on a deadly journey to confront his Mafia past.

When Leone Scamarcio is called to investigate an apparent hit-and-run, it seems like a job for a traffic officer, not one of Rome’s top detectives.

But when the victims are kidnapped on their way to the hospital, and Scamarcio discovers that they are the family of one of the country’s top television executives, the infamous Micky Proietti, things start to get interesting. Everyone, it seems ― from Premier League footballers to jilted starlets and even the Calabrian Mafia ― has an axe to grind with Proietti.

As Scamarcio delves into the underbelly of Italian show business, he discovers a possible connection between this investigation and his own Mafia father’s right-hand man. To solve the case he must travel home to Calabria, but can he finally banish the ghosts of the past?

My verdict on The Hit:

Detective Leone Scamarcio is back for his third novel in The Hit.

High flying TV executive Micky Proietti seems to be living the charmed life. He has a successful and lucrative career, a beautiful wife and a perfect son.

Then, when the three of them are in an accident, it is only due to the quick thinking of the driver that they are not all killed. Micky makes it to the hospital, his family doesn’t. They disappear. They’ve been kidnapped. Scamarcio is then in a race against time before this family is hurt further. His enquiries soon unearth secrets he didn’t expect and the investigation means he has to go back to his own past too.

This was my introduction to this series. I had not read the previous two novels. For the overall plot, this wasn’t an issue. You can pick this up and follow it. However, the only advantage in reading the first two before this one is that there are certain passages that elude to an incident in Scamarcio’s past so reading more in the series might give you more of an insight into that.

Scamarcio is a strong main character who has a natural instinct. However, he has his own past, his own issues and flaws that make him such an interesting lead. The sections which explored his past were amongst my favourite in the book. I wasn’t sure how his story tied in with the one of the kidnapping to begin with. I wasn’t sure whether it did but in a good way. It made me want to keep turning the page.

This is a classic who’s done it. Just when I think I had worked out who was behind the kidnapping, another element would be introduced and my theories would be back to square one.

Overall, this was a great crime novel. I very much enjoyed it.

About Nadia:

Nadia Dalbuono spent 15 years working in factual TV in the UK before turning to crime writing. The Few was her first novel followed by The American. The third in the series, The Hit was released earlier this month by Scribe.

For more information on Nadia and her books, visit https://nadiadalbuono.com/ or you can catch up with her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NadiaJDalby

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.