A long, rainy, deadly Autumn in Naples.That Autumn it seemed the rain in Naples would never stop, and Commissario Ricciardi found himself having to face not only a homicide but long-buried feelings that have grown thick roots inside him. Its been over fifteen years since Vinnie Sannino left on a shi
Nameless Serenade: Nocturne for Commissario Ricciardi
✍ Scribed by Maurizio de Giovanni; Antony Shugaar
- Publisher
- Europa Editions;Lightning Source Inc. : World Noir
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1609454618
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✦ Synopsis
The ninth Commissario Ricciardi Neapolitan mystery is "noir with a heart, haunting and beautiful . . . A literary thriller of exceptional quality" (NB Magazine).
Years ago, Vinnie Sannino left Naples on a ship bound for America, where he found fame and fortune as a boxer. But his gilded life in the new world came to an abrupt end when, during a fight, with a heavy punch to the head of his opponent, Vinnie killed a man in the ring.
Now, Vinnie's back in Italy, pining for the woman he left behind. Cettina, however, is now a married woman. She was, at least, until her husband was recently found dead, killed by a single blow to the head. For Commissario Ricciardi, one of the most faceted cops in fiction, and his partner Maione, it is a going to be a long, rainy, week in Naples.
"Deep melancholy infuses the crafty whodunit plot of de Giovanni's superior ninth mystery set in 1930s Italy . . . Ricciardi, who's literally haunted by...
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