A Death In Tuscany

Zusatztext The plot is clever and fast-moving! the atmosphere! not surprisingly! authentic Informationen zum Autor Michele Giuttari is former head of the Florence Police Force (1995-2003), where he was responsible for re-opening the Monster of Florence case and jailing several key Mafia figures. He is now a special advisor to the interior minister in Rome, with a remit to monitor Mafia activity. Klappentext The second book in Giuttari's crime series featuring Michele Ferrara, head of the Squadra Mobile. Giuttari was himself head of the Florence Police Force from 1995-2003, when he reopened the Monster of Florence case and jailed several key mafia figures. Follows "A Florentine Death". Personal clashes with professional for Michele Ferrara in his second case... Zusammenfassung In the picturesque Tuscan hill town of Scandicci, the body of a girl is discovered. Scantily dressed, she is lying by the edge of the woods. The local police investigate the case - but after a week, they still haven't even identified her, let alone got to the bottom of how she died. Frustrated by the lack of progress, Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara, head of Florence's elite Squadra Mobile, decides to step in. Because toxins were discovered in the girl's body, many assumed that she died of a self-inflicted drugs overdose. But Ferrara quickly realises that the truth is darker than that: he believes that the girl was murdered. And when he delves deeper, there are many aspects to the case that convince Ferrara that the girl's death is part of a sinister conspiracy - a conspiracy that has its roots in the very foundations of Tuscan society... Originally published in Italian as La Loggia Degli Innocenti .

Product details

• Authors: Michele Giuttari, Giuttari Michele
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.06.2009
• EAN: 9780349120089
• ISBN: 978-0-349-12008-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 199 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Michele Ferrara; Commissario Ferrara; Commissario Ferrara; Michele Ferrara
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Classic crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction