Property of Blood - Softcover

Nabb, Magdalen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786258713 ISBN 13: 9780786258710

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2004

Synopsis

The American-born founder of a prominent fashion house, Contessa Olivia Brunamonti, is mistaken for her daughter and kidnapped by a group of Sardinian shepherds. They’re holding her deep in the Tuscan hills and have demanded a huge sum for her return. Her daughter failed to report the incident for over a week, and the family’s assets have been frozen by an Italian government that forbids paying ransom. But the kidnappers can’t release their victim without being paid—it would set a bad precedent. And Guarnaccia suspects another problem: Could it be that Olivia’s children don’t want to save their mother? Is this more than just a random crime?

About this title

Review:

"Credible, classy and compelling, this is crime fiction at its best" (Sunday Times)

"Marshal Salva Guarnaccia...is one of the most endearing and believable creations in modern crime fiction... One of the kindest but wisest of sleuths, he is an excellent counterpoint to Nabb's sinister imagination... An eerily haunting thriller whose low-key telling makes its Jacobean plot all the more disturbing." (Glasgow Herald)

"Guarnaccia is in some ways, perhaps, the most impressive of all fictional Italian detectives... The intrigue is absorbing, and the Florentine background brilliantly portrayed... We fans...are as fascinated by his diet as by his deductions." (Evening Standard)

From the Publisher:

Marshal Guarnaccia is faced with the kidnapping for ransom of a beautiful American Contessa. But is the case as straightforward as it seems?

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786258713
• ISBN 13: 9780786258710
• Binding: Paperback