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Marshal and the murderer -the-

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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 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 A young Swiss art student has been reported missing! and Marshal Guarnaccia must travel to the small town where she was studying to find out the truth about her disappearance. When her body is found! it appears that she was the victim of a sex-related crime. But Guarnaccia—who comes from a small town himself—suspects that a local feud with roots in the horrors and betrayals of World War II may play an important part in the solution to the crime.

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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

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Authors Magdalen Nabb
Publisher Soho Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.07.2003
 
EAN 9781569472972
ISBN 978-1-56947-297-2
No. of pages 256
Dimensions 130 mm x 190 mm x 16 mm
Series Soho Crime
A Florentine Mystery
Soho Crime
A Florentine Mystery
Subject Fiction > Suspense

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