“…an intriguing and cleverly plotted thriller… a complex net of lies, cover-ups and diversions… far from obvious or predictable.”—Christoph Fischer, author of The Luck of the WeissensteinersIn Book 2 of The Truth Beauty Trilogy, the dark, edgy saga continues. The Disappearance is a transatlantic romance riddled with secrets and deception, a tale that travels from Switzerland to Italy, from Holland to the Bahamas. In Geneva, lovely Italian scholar Lina Lentini is caught up in the shadow world of Swiss banking. Schemes of fraud and murder in cold blood begin to surface when her friend Clara, a bank employee, disappears. Betrayed by a trusted superior, Clara is on the run, but when her African American lover Marc joins in a desperate search with Lina, they trace her movements to Italy, yet continue to find only mysteries. Then a suspicious email claims Clara is being held on a quiet island in the Bahamas. There Mark and Lina make shocking discoveries that will soon change the lives of everyone involved.“…just as beautifully written as the first. The character's are well developed and believable, the plot is fast-paced and full of unexpected turns, and the ending will leave you impatient for the third installment of this trilogy.”—Comic Book Nerd, Amazon ReviewerFor more information: www.tvlocicero.com "T. V. LoCicero just gets better and better in this cosmopolitan thriller of betrayal and corruption in the shady world of Swiss banking. Unpredictable, twisty and clever, the intrigue draws you in and won't let go." --Victoria Best, Tales from the Reading Room "This author knows how to tell a good story while the plot thickens and the suspense builds...a master at weaving a story that is both believable and in which the characters do not perform a lot of acts that would be considered silly or impossible in the real world as so many novels with female protagonists do. It was well worth the read..." --Barbara, Goodreads "The second book is The Disappearance and is just as excellent as the first...such an ornate thriller and so fantastically told!...setting the scene and describing characters is something that comes effortlessly to LoCicero...the foundation of the story and the thought behind it was something that could truly ignite the mind and thrill your core." --Uncle Book Blog, UK "A great storyteller, T.V. LoCicero delivers again in The Disappearance. Suspenseful with twists and turns that leave me begging for more. The characters are extremely believable and the writing is top notch. Fast paced with intricate details. I love how the plot unfolds and the endings are never predictable. Great job!! My kind of book!!" --Cathy Morgan, Goodreads "The second book in Truth and Beauty series...has tons of twists and turns and a great plot as the mystery continues. I'm waiting for number 3 with baited breath." --Debbie Carnes, Goodreads T.V. LoCicero has been writing both fiction and non-fiction across five decades. He's the author of the true crime books Murder in the Synagogue (Prentice-Hall) and Squelched . His novels include the romance When A Pretty Woman Smiles and the crime thrillers The Car Bomb and Admission of Guilt , the first two books in The detroit im dyin Trilogy , and The Obsession and The Disappearance , the first two in The Truth Beauty Trilogy. Eight of his shorter works are now available as ebooks. These are among the stories and essays he has published in various periodicals, including Commentary, Ms . and The University Review , and in the hard-cover collections Best Magazine Articles, The Norton Reader and The Third Coast .   About his "checkered past" LoCicero says:   "At one time or another I've found work as an industrial spy; a producer of concert videos for Rolling Stone's greatest singer of all time; one of the few male contributors to Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine; a writer of an appellate brief for those convicted in one of Detroit's most sensational drug trials; the author of a true crime book that garnered a bigger advance than a top ten best-selling American novel; a project coordinator/fundraiser for a humanities council; a small business owner; the writer/producer/director of numerous long-form documentaries; a golf course clerk; a college instructor who taught courses in advanced composition, music and poetry appreciation, introduction to philosophy, remedial English, and American Literature-all in the same term; a ghostwriter; a maker of corporate/industrial videos; a member of a highway surveying crew; a speechwriter for auto executives; a TV producer of live event specials; an editorial writer; the creator of 15-second corporate promos for the PBS series Nature; and a novelist.   "There is a sense in which that last occupation was the reason for all the others. Almost anyone who's ever tried to make ends meet as a novelist knows what I'm talking about."