Our summer fiction series continues with “The Return,” a novel about a gambling addict, his family and the mafia – looking for payback. It’s based in Revere, Massachusetts – the hometown of author Roland Merullo, who now lives in the hills of Hampshire County. Merullo says he’s been writing seriously for thirty-seven years.

Listen to Merullo’s interview with New England Public Radio’s Carrie Healy by clicking on the audio player above.