Death of a Dutchman (Soho Crime) - Softcover

Nabb, Magdalen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569474826 ISBN 13: 9781569474822

Publisher: Soho Crime, 2007

Synopsis

"The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit." --Washington Post Book World

Summoned by an aged woman to investigate mysterious noises in the vacant flat next to hers, Marshal Guarnaccia discovers a dying Dutch jeweler. The old lady had known him when he was a boy growing up in Florence. Could he have returned to the family home just to commit suicide? Or could the man be the victim of a cunning murderer?

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Paperback

Review:

Praise for Death of a Dutchman

"This elegant series, which began in 1981 with Death of an Englishman . . . is set in Florence, a city that glows in the Tuscan sun . . . [His] sense of estrangement accounts for Guarnaccia's special perspective on strangers, those 'innocents' among the living and the dead."
--The New York Times Book Review

"The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit."
--Washington Post Book World

"Crime fiction at its best."
--Sunday Times

"Lean, elegant prose that surpasses the best of Simenon, along with a puckish view of the Florentines from Guarnaccia's Sicilian perspective."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Great local atmosphere and rich characterizations."
--Publishers Weekly

"A superb series . . . [Marshal Guarnaccia is] a working-man's Maigret."
--Booklist

"Guarnaccia's Florence is a delightful place to visit."
--Mystery Scene

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1569474826
• ISBN 13: 9781569474822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216