
“The Amalfi Secret” by Dean Reineking and Catherine Reineking is a powerful, thought-provoking, suspenseful, and intense novel. This is a deep and dark novel which discusses good and evil, and how it effects everything throughout history, such as politics, religion, power, and manipulation. One example is how the authors discuss 911 and contrast both the evil and gook that has come from that. The Genres for this well written provocative masterpiece are: Political Thriller, International Mystery, Suspense and Crime, Espionage, Adventure and Fiction. The Author vividly describes his dramatic, flawed, complex and complicated characters. There are so many questions that I have, and so many “What ifs” that my head is spinning.
One of the male protagonists Gabe Roslo, arrives in Amalfi, Italy to visit his grandparents. Tragically he finds that his grandfather is dead, and has left a diary, and some other clues. Gabe gets involved with keeping his grandmother safe, and at the same time enters a dangerous world of espionage, murder, kidnappings, secrets, codes, dangerous times in history, and puzzles to figure out. Along for the ride is Anna, a brilliant Catholic Italian young woman., who helps him.Gabe finds himself meeting a high ranking member of the Church, and also finds himself involved with government agencies and possibly the mafia. Gabe discovers that both his grandfather and his great-grandfather were politically involved, and had their differences. Gabe is also surprised to find that his deceased grandfather was working on a secret, special assignment for the government. Nothing is as it seems, and strange threading letters and notes in codes are disturbing. As Gabe reads his grandfather’s diary he is shocked and almost feels like this is an impossible world. Who really has the power? I highly recommend this intriguing thriller.

