Aurelio Zen Books in Order

Police commissioner Aurelio Zen is sent to Perugia to investigate a powerful industrialist's kidnapping. Local officials resent his presence, while the missing man's children seem reluctant to secure his return, forcing Zen through family intrigue and political obstruction.

Pressured to resolve a billionaire's murder, Aurelio Zen investigates a heavily guarded Sardinian estate where cameras recorded the killing but concealed the murderer. Political interests complicate his assignment as a threat from his past draws closer.

An apparent suicide inside the Vatican draws Aurelio Zen toward suspicions of a hidden organization and an institutional cover-up. A discovery in old manuscripts and another death expand the inquiry while his lover's secrets complicate matters.

Aurelio Zen returns to Venice to investigate a countess's supposed ghostly tormentors and privately trace a missing American millionaire. Concrete corpses interrupt both inquiries, drawing him into the city's tangled political interests and concealed histories.

Transferred to Naples, Aurelio Zen hopes to avoid trouble in a police station steeped in corruption. A harbor stabbing, murderous garbage collectors, and a romantic intrigue involving gangsters and supposed refugees disrupt his plans for an easy posting.

Aurelio Zen is ordered to clear a wine producer accused of killing his father so a prized vintage can be harvested. In Piedmont, guarded family relationships, local gossip, and mysterious telephone calls complicate an assignment shaped by influence.

Posted to Sicily to monitor an elite anti-Mafia unit, Aurelio Zen faces an assignment in hostile territory. His adopted daughter's presence offers comfort until her discovery of dangerous information and friendship with a threatened magistrate create further risks.

Recovering from an assassination attempt, Aurelio Zen hides at a Tuscan seaside resort before testifying in a Mafia trial. When a corpse appears in his usual lounge chair, his protectors move him again as fresh dangers emerge.

Sent to Bologna to oversee the murder of an industrialist who owned a football club, Aurelio Zen anticipates a straightforward assignment. Instead, the investigation tangles with eccentric locals, an amateur detective, and a quarrel involving a celebrity chef.

A decomposed body found in an abandoned military tunnel brings Aurelio Zen to the Italian Alps. A strange tattoo and the corpse's disappearance from the morgue point toward a secret military organization and dangerous remnants of Italy's past.

An American film company's scout disappears during Aurelio Zen's posting in Calabria, where fear keeps local witnesses silent. Wealthy outsiders pursuing buried treasure further complicate his effort to uncover what happened in the remote community.