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Almost Blue - Carlo Lucarelli
ISBN: 0099459434
A serial killer is terrorising the students of Bologna. Rookie female detective Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case. Only one witness can positively identify the killer... and he's blind. A terrifying read that switches between the vulnerable and reclusive Simone and the dark and psychotic killer, obsessed with continually 'reincarnating' himself as his latest victim in a frantic bid to escape the torture of his inner demons.
- Ealing Libraries
And Then You Die - Michael Dibdin
ISBN: 0571210422
Zen is supposed to be lying low, recovering from an attempt on his life before testifying in an imminent anti-Mafia trial but lots of people around him are dying and it looks as if the Mafia are trying to finish off the job they bungled months earlier.
- Harrow Libraries
Blood from a stone - Donna Leon
ISBN: 434012998
The latest of Donna Leon's novels about Venetian cop Brunetti. Two men carry out a professional hit on one of the Somali traders who illegally hawk counterfeit luggage in a local square. This is one of her more biting thrillers in its indictment of international trade and the security state.
- Bromley Libraries
Colombian Mule - Massimo Carlotto
ISBN: 0752863991
A hapless drug smuggler, his murderous aunt and a trail of bodies for ex-convict, now PI, Alligator to resolve.
- Kingston Libraries
Death at La Fenice - Donna Leon
ISBN: 0099469367
When a world famous composer is found murdered at the opera house in Venice, Commisario Brunetti is called in to solve the crime.
- Havering Libraries
Shape of water - Andrea Camilleri
ISBN: 0330492861
Inspector Salvo Montalbano in top form taking on the Senori of La Cosa Nostra.
- Lewisham Libraries
This immensely enjoyable story introduces a charismatic detective who has very strong opinions and an ironic sense of humour. Although a witty novel in which the main protagonist is frequently indulging his passion for fine food, there is an inherent criticism of the perceived corruption found in the Sicilian police force.
- Bromley Libraries
Something very different, at times strangely funny, at others cruel and sad. Set in backwoods Sicily, Inspector Montalbano is an odd character to fathom out...cynical about most things other than food, he nonetheless gets the job done in his own unique way. Stick with it, and I'm sure you'll be hooked. (By the way, each book has a glossary of Italian terms & Sicilian history, which is very useful).
- Bexley Libraries
Some bitter taste - Magdalen Nabb
ISBN: 99443368
An old lady complains that someone has broken into her flat. Our policeman protagonist Marshall Salvatore Guarnaccia gets side tracked on a robbery at a villa only to find the woman dead on his arrival at her home. As the tale progresses, the two cases become linked...
-Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries reader
