"Originally published as Cold Tuscan stone in 2013 in the United States by Poisoned Pen Press. This edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2018 in the United States by Poisoned Pen Press.." -- Title page verso.

"Rick Montoya has moved from New Mexico to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He's settling into la dolce vita when a school friend, who is now senior in the Italian Art Squad, recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role--posing as an art buyer from New Mexico, interested in black market Etruscan burial urns. But before sunset on Rick's first day in Volterra, a gallery employee plunges to his death from a high cliff. The local commissario and his team consider Rick an amateur, and worse, a foreigner. And now they suspect him of foul play... Has Rick's undercover role made him a target in more ways than one?"--,Provided by publisher.