Background
Montanari was born in Northeast Ohio, where he still resides.
Montanari was born in Northeast Ohio, where he still resides.
He has since published seven more novels, which are now available in almost 30 languages. In 2005 he began his Philadelphia crime series with The Rosary Girls, a police procedural thriller set inside the homicide unit of the Philadelphia Police Department, introducing detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. Cleveland Series Deviant Way (1995) Kiss of Evil (2001) In 1995 Montanari wrote Deviant Way, introducing Cleveland Police Department homicide detective John Paris.
The story, a suspense novel chronicling a pair of thrill killers, earned him a two book deal from Michael Korda at Simon & Schuster.
In 2001 Montanari published the sequel, Kiss of Evil. Both novels have been published worldwide, and were recently reissued by Random House United Kingdom. Philadelphia Series The Rosary Girls (2005) The Skin Gods (2006) Merciless (2007) (United Kingdom title Broken Angels) (2007) Badlands (United Kingdom title Play Dead) (2008) The Echo Manitoba (2011) The Killing Room (2012) The Stolen Ones (2013) The Doll Maker (2014) The Shutter Manitoba(2015) This series is published in France by Le Cherche Midi, in Italy by Editrice Nord, in Germany by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, and in Denmark by People"s Press.
Other Works.