The Cost We Pay - Hardcover

by Carlo J. Emanuele (Author), Shawn A. Dressler (Editor), Edward L. Dressler (Editor)

2025 American Writing Awards - WINNER - Fiction (Mystery/Suspense)

2025 AWA Finalist - Best Debut Fiction Novel

Finalist in the 2025 BestThrillers Book Award

"The Sins We Inherit is one of the year's best thrillers" - BestThrillers

2025 GOLD MEDAL WINNER FICTION - LITERARY TITAN

"5 stars... a bruising, heartfelt story about family, legacy, and the ways the past refuses to stay buried." - Literary Titan

Kirkus Reviews - "A compelling yarn filled with drama, crime, and contemplations of identity."

Experience the explosive sequel to the award-winning Caduto Crime Saga.

In The Sins We Inherit, Costantino "Cost" Caduto II thought he had finally buried the sins of his fathers and stood at the edge of a safe life for his daughter Maddy and new fiancé Maria.

Then a bullet ripped through his daughter's chest and shattered his world. Now, for a father pushed to his limits, there is only revenge and its consequences.

In The Cost We Pay, Cost faces a war on every front:

• • The law closing in, patient and relentless
  • The Chicago Outfit boss, resourced and poised to take advantage of Cost's vulnerability
  • And the man in the mirror, spiraling darker and more dangerous with every decision he makes

Set in the brimming contrast between Milwaukee's blue-collar days and gritty underworld nights, The Cost We Pay continues the relentless saga of legacy, loyalty, and the price of becoming the thing you hate.