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."

Milwaukee. Mafia. Family. Redemption.

Costantino "Cost" Caduto Jr. thought he'd escaped his family's criminal legacy. But when his grandfather Tiger, the man who held it all together, suddenly dies, Cost is dragged back into a city simmering with tension, betrayal, and unfinished business.

Now, standing at the crossroads of who he was and who he might become, Cost must confront everything he left behind:

• A family fractured by power, grief, and long-held secrets
• A dangerous power vacuum that threatens to pull everyone under
• The one person he's always tried to keep safe, his daughter, now watching his every move

Set against the backdrop of Milwaukee's underworld, The Sins We Inherit is a gripping tale of legacy, loyalty, and the price of silence. As old allegiances unravel and new threats emerge, Cost must decide whether walking away was ever truly an option, or if some bloodlines run too deep to outrun.

Perfect for fans of atmospheric crime fiction, morally complex protagonists, and slow-burning suspense with heart.