INTERNATIONAL CRIME THRILLER – Marty Schott and Bo Bishop head to Italy for what should be a straightforward business trip: buy a sculpture foundry in Naples, then finalize a lucrative licensing deal with the Vatican. But things go sideways fast. The enigmatic Natalya—their partner and key to the deal—has ties to a powerful Russian oligarch. The head of the Vatican Bank has a secret agenda. The Naples Mafia wants the foundry for its own dark reasons. And when Natalya is kidnapped, Marty and Bo are pulled into a high-stakes game of deception and danger from which there may be no escape. Set against the beauty and menace of modern Italy, The Vatican Deal is “filled with cat-and-mouse games …and everything readers could want in a thriller” — Midwest Book Review. WINNER — CIPA EVVY Gold Medal, Thrillers & Suspense.