Brian O'Sullivan

Search and Deception Brian O'Sullivan, an art history professor, discovers letters written by his mother, Katrina, sixty years earlier - letters that ignite a desperate search for the truth about her disappearance. Before he can begin, Interpol summons him to Amsterdam to help unravel a Nazi art‑theft mystery tied to a long-lost Nazi officer's diary. Brian's investigation leads him into a labyrinth of danger, family secrets, and a confrontation with a stepbrother he never knew existed - a man willing to kill to protect the past. Search and Deception, an award-winning novel, is a gripping blend of emotional discovery, international intrigue, and high suspense. It is the second in author Peter J. Marzano's "Brian O'Sullivan series." Together, Marzano's novels form a sweeping narrative about the weight of history and the resilience of the human spirit. From wartime Europe to modern-day investigations, the entire series explores how love, guilt, and legacy shape generations - and how the past never stays buried for long.

Taken from Carinhall (Book 3 in the series) In 2012, when new CIA satellite images revive an old rumor and hint that gold and art plundered by Nazi Herman Göring may have been hidden in Grand Canary Island, Brian O'Sullivan and his Interpol team of Nina von Scholz and Erick Schmidt are thrust into their most perilous mission yet. A new clue shifts the search to Morocco, where a ruthless Russian faction races Brian's team to claim the treasure first. As Brian battles grief, betrayal, and revelations tied to his mother's DiBotticino family legend, his partnership with Nina is tested in ways neither expected, including a new love interest. The hunt for the bounty, truth, and survival pushes the team led by Brian and Nina to their limits - and almost too far for Brian, when he is faced with a new, unexpected twist about Karl von Richter and his new nemesis, Ivan Sokolov. Taken from Carinhall is a high-stakes thriller of treasure, emotional reckoning, and shocking revelations.

Litany of Sorrows is a story of passion, betrayal, and the devastating cost of complicity. It begins when Karl von Richter, a handsome young German with a sinister future, is injured skiing in the Italian Alps. Nursed to health by a beautiful woman, Katrina Amorino, the two fall in love. Unaware that Germany is preparing for war, she naively leaves northern Italy and moves to his home in southern Germany. But days before she arrives, Karl is drafted into the Nazi SS officer training school, where he is radicalized. As Karl descends into the machinery of the Final Solution to build camps and kill Jews, Katrina hears about his horrific deeds, flees for her life, and is haunted by impossible choices and a son she may never see again. As the war ends, Karl's last Nazi task is abandoned, and he heads home, but finds his parents dead, and Katrina and their child missing. Karl's conscience begins to reawaken while he searches for Katrina, who is hiding in fear and agonizing over her impetuous decisions, which become her litany of sorrows. Decades later, the consequences of their love - and their separation - ripple outward in ways neither could have foreseen. From forbidden love in the Italian Alps to high-stakes international investigations decades later, author Peter J Marzano weaves the Brian O'Sullivan series together with emotional depth, historical intrigue, and relentless suspense. And at the heart of the award-winning series lies a single question: How far will we go to uncover the truth - to heal from it? Together, these novels form a sweeping narrative about the weight of history, self-inflicted damage by poor choices, and the resilience of the human spirit. From wartime Europe to modern-day investigations, the heart-wrenching Brian O'Sullivan series explores how love, guilt, and legacy shape generations - and how the past never stays buried for long. b