Milan Thriller

Sylvia de Matteo, an American commercial photographer and single mother, is taken hostage by terrorists during a political assassination at Stazione Centrale, Milan's main train station. Moments later, a Paris-bound train with Sylvia's ten-year old daughter and fiancé aboard departs the station without Sylvia. Sylvia is seized at gunpoint, thrown into the back of a van, blindfolded, beaten, and driven to a warehouse where she is imprisoned in a cell. When the terrorists discover Sylvia's father is a wealthy Wall Street investment banker, they demand a ransom for her safe release.

The first three books in the Milan Thriller Series Thirteen Days in Milan An American single mother is kidnapped during a political assassination at Milan's Stazione Central train station. No One Sleeps Milan's anti-terrorism police search for a secret cell of Islamic terrorists who have received deadly sarin gas from Pakistan. The terrorists are planning to release sarin gas during the premiere of La Scala Opera House December 7 with high level politicians, executives, and foreign dignitaries in the audience. Vesuvius Nights Antonella Amoruso, senior deputy of Milan's anti-terrorism police, returns to her Napoli hometown for the funeral of a family member murdered in a Camorra clan feud. Amoruso is plunged into the dangerous culture of Camorra, Napoli's violent criminal syndicate, that thrives on illegal drugs, prostitution, extortion, and murder. Amoruso's goal is to rescue her family from Camorra's deadly grip. What readers are saying about the Milan Thriller Series: ★★★★★ "The characters and plot in "Thirteen Days in Milan" are alive, and the novel has enormous vitality. Fabio is a well-educated, young Italian man who loses his job and decides to create his own terrorist cell to fight against a corrupt system, and Berlusconi's government. With the help of other characters, he plans a political assassination at Milan's train station. While there, American photographer Sylvia photographs the terrorists. Alfredo, Fabio's friend, sees her taking pictures and kidnaps her. ★★★★★ "I know Milan and felt that Erickson made its vibrant character come alive with descriptions and atmosphere. I remember the events of the 1970's that link the past to the present. "Thirteen Days in Milan" is an enjoyable and gripping thriller. I kept turning the pages, eager to discover what happens next." ★★★★★ "Thirteen Days In Milan contains all that I look for in a thriller. I fell in love with the characters; got caught up with the twists and turns of the plot; lost myself in the Italian landscape and admired how the author brought me inside the heads of the principal players." ★★★★★ "No One Sleeps is a captivating, quick-paced story with colorful characters and a chilling yet plausible story of jihad against the infidels, how hate develops and consumes people, and the use of technology to avoid capture / track the bad guys. Refreshing change to see Italian law enforcement portrayed as effective and dedicated. The author must have done extensive research about life in Milan. "No One Sleeps is a story of dogged police work that parallels Freddy Forsyth's story of 50 years ago: Day of the Jackal. "No One Sleeps" feels like a modern version of that story retold in modern-day Milan." ★★★★★ "Vesuvius Nights has everything I want in a mystery. A compelling plot, vivid writing, and an Italian setting with vivid details. Erickson's writing style fully engages me. The pace of the writing mirrors the speed of modern life with the action transpiring over one week. The characters exhibit depth and humanity and become very real. Highly recommended." ★★★★★ "This third book in Erickson's thriller series moves to Naples with the back story of the leading female detective, exploring the workings of Camorra, the dangerous organized crime syndicate. Jack's descriptions of Naples and the views of Vesuvius make you feel a part of the vibrant city, and the action will have you transfixed. Can't wait for the next one!" ★★★★★ "Napoli is as much a character in this book as are the protagonist and her estranged family. We witness the dark side of Napoli, run by drug lords terrorizing the families of those sucked in to working for the Camorra. An enlightening look at a part of the Italian drug world where Dottoressa Amoruso chooses to go where she may not be welcome. This an honest and well written look at the dynamics of a family in trouble."