Sonny's Vendetta: Suspense and Spaghetti in South Philly

In 1915 Italy a teenaged girl believed she had conjured the perfect lie to protect herself. Even though she deserved the full weight of responsibility for her foolish recklessness the lie deftly deflected all blame to her innocent oblivious best friend Fredo who was in America and should have been out of harms way. Thats how it should have gone but we all know no lie is ever perfect and no one is ever out of harms way. It took more than a century but the lie-fueled vendetta her father declared reached its climax four thousand miles away in South Philadelphia that citys Italian enclave and epicenter of the hullabaloo between the Valmontis and their mysterious enemy. Sonnys a neighborhood Italian restaurant named for Fredos son John Sr. operated without incident for seventy-five years. After three generations of Valmontis sharing their familys recipes with their neighbors and guests Sonnys transcended from an enduring family eatery to a battleground and Fredos grandson John Jr. became the key to his familys fate. Sonnys Vendetta offers an enticing mix of character-rich and humorous tales of intrigue old world grudges friendship family Sunday Gravy and meatballs. Join John Jr. as he comes home to find his world and family in shambles and joins forces with a well-connected uncle an elderly family attorney and a variety of lifelong friends to figure out whats going on to recoup his legacy and to stay alive ... not necessarily in that order.