Vita Nuova: 14 (Florentine Mystery) - Softcover

Nabb, Magdalen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569475873 ISBN 13: 9781569475874

Publisher: Soho Crime, 2009

Synopsis

"A final reminder of why [Nabb] is irreplaceable among English speaking novelists who write mysteries with Italian locales. Like the 13 previous novels in this series set in Florence and featuring Marshal Guarnaccia, Vita Nuova reflects the sensibility of someone who sees much, speaks softly and takes pity on strangers." --The New York Times Book Review

Marshal Guarnaccia's sense of malaise sets in as Florence closes for the summer holiday. But outside the quiet city, a wealthy young woman is shot to death in her parents' villa. A single mother pursuing her doctorate seems an unlikely target for slaughter, but perhaps the marshal can parse the truth from her unusual family.

The fourteenth and final Florentine mystery featuring Marshal Guarnaccia

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Praise for Vita Nuova

"A final reminder of why [Nabb] is irreplaceable among English speaking novelists who write mysteries with Italian locales. Like the 13 previous novels in this series set in Florence and featuring Marshal Guarnaccia, Vita Nuova reflects the sensibility of someone who sees much, speaks softly and takes pity on strangers."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Has the ability to impart the tremor of someone walking over your grave . . . The world of crime fiction [is] poorer for the loss of Magdalen Nabb."
--The Boston Phoenix

"Deceptively rich . . . As always, Nabb wins us over with the Colombo-like Guarnaccia's mixture of surface bumbling and subtle shrewdness, mixed with a heightened sensitivity to both everyday woes and heart-wrenching tragedy . . . Nabb writes more traditional, Simenon-style mysteries . . . This series will be missed by all devotees of the Italian crime novel."
--Booklist, Starred Review

Praise for Magdalen Nabb

"Exquisite."
--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."
--Philadelphia Inquirer

Book Description:

The final Marshal Guarnaccia novel from acclaimed crime writer Magdalen Nabb

'Credible, classy and compelling, this is crime fiction at its best' Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1569475873
• ISBN 13: 9781569475874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272