โ Scribed by Magdalen Nabb
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The debut of Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri, a Sicilian stationed in Florence.
It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go south to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine carabinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita Bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well connected and Scotland Yard has dispatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crime. But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why.
In addition to evoking the wonderful atmosphere of Florence, Magdalen Nabb has created a delightful investigator who has been described as "the most Maigret-like of contemporary policemen" by The Times Literary Supplement.
Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire and has lived in Florence since 1975. She has now written eight internationally celebrated mysteries set in Florence.
Library : General
Universes : Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781569472545
Mystery
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