These beautiful new editions of the Vera & Tolliver series have been in the works for a while now, and I’m so proud to be able to introduce them to you now!

Visit the majesty of Africa through Vera McIntosh and Justin Tolliver as they solve a series of murders amidst colonial British East Africa. A member of the police force, Justin is starting to question his superiors as well as the British government. Vera, on the other hand, is the daughter of Scottish missionaries and has grown up on the land, passionate about preserving it. Already feeling a budding romance between them, it does not take long for the pair to join forces. In doing so, they soon realize that these mysteries grow more complicated the closer they look.

“Alfieri aims for the audience who loved Out of Africa, with heartbreaking romance married to a complex mystery.” –– Kirkus

“Alfieri illuminates the complexities and cruelties of colonial rule while giving readers an engrossing romance and mystery.” ––Booklist

“Alfieri’s novel brings Africa to Technicolor life. If you don’t have the urge to re-watch Out of Africa with Robert Redford and Meryl Streep after reading, your sense of discovery needs to be resuscitated.” –– Kings River Life Magazine

¡Ahora disponible en español!

Now Available in Spanish!

La Ciudad de Plata

Potosí, 1650

 En 1650, en el Virreinato español del Perú, Potosí, la ciudad más próspera del mundo corre el riesgo de quedar en la ruina. Ciertos ciudadanos que han falsificado monedas de plata están bastante ansiosos porque el rey de España los tiene bajo investigación. Por si fuera poco, Inez de la Morada, la encantadora y querida hija del rico y poderoso alcalde, muere misteriosamente en el convento de Santa María Isabel de los Santos Milagros, donde había huido al haber desafiado a su padre. Aunque parece que la joven se suicidó, la madre abadesa María Santa Hilda no cree que Inez se haya quitado la vida y la entierra en la tierra sagrada del convento. El Inquisidor local ve esto como la oportunidad perfecta para llevar a la
madre abadesa ante el Tribunal.

Con su vida en peligro, María Santa Hilda se encuentra en una carrera contra el tiempo para probar la verdadera causa de la muerte de Inez.

Ahora, en el lenguaje de su historia de fondo, La Ciudad de Plata le encantará tanto a los amantes de las novelas históricas como a los amantes de las novelas de misterio con su impresionante sentido de autenticidad. Library Journal la describió como una «novela de misterio en el que la historia de América Latina cobra vida», y The Washington Post dijo: «Tanto como historia y misterio, La Ciudad de Plata brilla».

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City of Silver

Potosí, 1650

 Under investigation by the King of Spain for producing counterfeit silver coins, anxieties are high among the citizens of Potosí. If that were not enough, Inez de la Morada, the bewitching, cherished daughter of the rich and powerful Mayor, mysteriously dies at the convent of Santa Maria Isabella de los Santos Milagros, where she had fled in defiance of her father. It looks as though the girl committed suicide, but Mother Abbess Maria Santa Hilda believes her innocent and has her buried at the convent in sacred ground.

With her life at stake, Maria Santa Hilda finds herself in a race against time to prove the true cause of Inez’s death.

Now in the genuine language spoken by its varied cast of characters, La Ciudad de Plata will please both history and mystery buffs alike with its stunning sense of authenticity. Library Journal described it as a “nail-biting thriller in which Latin American history comes alive,” and The Washington Post said “As both history and mystery, City of Silver glitters.”

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now AVAILABLE in paperback! 

Invisible Country

Paraguay, 1868

A war against Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay has devastated Paraguay. Ninety percent of the males between the ages of eight and eighty have died. Food is scarce. In the small village of Santa Caterina, Padre Gregorio advises the women of his congregation to abandon the laws of the church and get pregnant by what men are available. As he leaves the pulpit, he discovers the murdered body of Ricardo Yotté, one of the most powerful men in the country, at the bottom of the belfry.

Suspects abound…but to avoid having an innocent person dragged off to torture and death, a band of villagers undertakes to solve the crime. Each carries secrets they seek to protect from the others, while they pursue their quest for the truth.

Lyrical, complex, and meticulously researched, Annamaria Alfieri's Invisible Country is an ingenious cross between Isabel Allende and Agatha Christie.

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