M.J. Polelle
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Born and raised in Chicago, M.J. Polelle is an emeritus professor of the University of Illinois Chicago Law School. where he taught constitutional law. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he practiced civil litigation in Chicago before becoming a law professor at De Paul University College of Law and then at UIC-School of Law, formerly John Marshall Law School. At the law school now called UiC-School of Law he taught a comparative law course in Parma, Italy and served as a Special Assistant State's Attorney. His debut novel, THE MITHRAS CONSPIRACY (Lido Press: 2019) was a finalist in both the Eric Hoffer Book Awards and the Royal Palm Literary Awards of the Florida Writers Association. It also received an IndieBRAG Medallion for placing in the top tier of books reviewed. He lives in Sarasota, Florida now with his wife, Donna, and enjoys inspirational walks along Lido Beach.
His website is: www.mjpolelle.com 
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The Mithras Conspiracy
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History-based Mystery
When Commissario Marco Leone finds the corpse of a Vatican scholar floating in the Tiber, he must overcome a tragic family history going back to World War II and a neo-fascist conspiracy inspired by the ancient Roman cult of Mithras. 
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American Conspiracy
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Political Thriller
When a presidential election is thrown into Congress for resolution after the assassination of the presumed president-elect, Detective Jim Murphy of the Chicago PD teams up with Commissario Marco Leone and the new "backdoor-elected" president, Dallas Taylor, to confront a political conspiracy orchestrated by Sebastian Senex, a pharmaceutical tycoon, to take over a United States on the brink of chaos with a military coup.
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