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Zusatztext Praise for Magdalen Nabb “The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb’s police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters.” — The New York Times Book Review "Every word should be savored." — Washington Post Book World "The best mystery news in ages is that Soho is restoring to the canon Magdalen Nabb and her tremendous creation! Marshal Guarnaccia of the Italian Police in Florence." — Chicago Tribune "Nabb continues to extend conventions of the police procedural to suit her own intriguing vision and purpose." — The Philadelphia Inquirer Informationen zum Autor Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire and trained as a potter. In 1975! she left her old life behind and moved with her son to Florence! where she knew no one and even though she didn't speak any Italian! but where she fell in love with the local setting. Her Marshal Guarnaccia series! which has been translated into ten languages! was inspired by a real local marshal she befriended in the tiny pottery town of Montelupo Fiorentino. Nabb wrote children's fiction and crime novels until her death in 2007. Zusammenfassung The body of a woman! clad in nothing but a fur coat and jewelry! is found floating in the Arno at dawn. Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florentine carabinieri identifies her as a foreigner who lived for years as a recluse in one of Florence’s most respectable hotels. But how and why did she die? Following a complex trail of blackmail! jewel theft! and drug-dealing! Marshal Guarnaccia finally tracks down the shocking truths about a cold-blooded murderer and his all-too-trusting victim.
