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Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 29
Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 29
Commissario Brunetti Mysteries volume 29
Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 29
Commissario Brunetti Mysteries volume 29
Language
English
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"When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him, Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni...
3) Vendetta
Author
Series
Aurelio Zen mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Author
Series
Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 26
Commissario Brunetti
A Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 26
Commissario Brunetti
A Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 26
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Donna Leon's bestselling mystery novels have won a multitude of fans for their insider's portrayal of Venice. From family meals to vaporetti rides, the details and rhythms of everyday life are an integral part of this beloved series. But so are the never-ending influx of tourists and the suffocating corruption. Through it all, Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti, a good man who loves his family and his city, has been an enduring figure, but in Earthly...
5) Ratking
Author
Series
Aurelio Zen mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When his niece mysteriously vanishes in New York City, Giancarlo Lo Manto, a Naples police inspector, arranges for a temporary assignment to the NYPD, joining forces with Manhattan veteran Jennifer Fabini to search for the missing girl.
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Series
Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Two deaths lead Inspector Montalbano into investigations of corruption and power in the twentieth installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Montalbano investigates a robbery at a supermarket, a standard case that takes a spin when manager Guido Borsellino is later found hanging in his office. Was it a suicide? The inspector and the coroner have their doubts, and further investigation leads to the director of a powerful local company....
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic, engaging take on Sicilian life and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes. "The Terra-cotta Dog" is the second offering in the internationally bestselling series.Show Less
Author
Series
Aurelio Zen mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2000, c1999
Language
English
Author
Series
Aurelio Zen mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Commissario Ricciardi novels volume 9
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A Commissario Ricciardi Neapolitan mystery that packs a real punch. Years ago, Vinnie Sannino left Naples on a ship bound for America, where he found fame and wealth as a boxer. But his gilded life in the new world came to an abrupt end when, during a fight, with a heavy punch to the head of his opponent, Vinnie killed a man in the ring. Now, Vinnie's back in Italy, pining for the woman he left behind. Cettina, however, is now a married woman. She...
14) A nest of vipers
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Series
Language
English
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"Montalbano investigates the death of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta in a case that involves a ring of mistresses and family secrets."--
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Series
Language
English
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In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native city, Venice, to discover the person responsible. Now, in Transient Desires, the thirtieth novel in Donna Leon's masterful series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident,...
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English
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Montalbano wakes from strange dreams to find a gruesomely bludgeoned horse carcass in front of his seaside home. When his men come to investigate, the carcass disappears, leaving only a trail in the sand. Before long, two people report missing horses - Rachele, a champion equestrian, an Lo Duca, one of the richest men in Sicily. Then Montalbano's home is broken into and is ransacked and he is certain that the crimes are linked. As he negotiates the...
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English
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Bestseller Camilleri's sublime and darkly humorous 11th whodunit featuring Chief Insp. Salvo Montalbano (after 2009's August Heat) finds the 56-year-old Sicilian policeman in the midst of a serious crisis with his significant other, Livia. Montalbano is uncertain what he can and should do to repair the rift that has developed between them. Meanwhile, the inspector must tackle a difficult case -- the gunshot murder of an attractive young woman whose...
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Series
Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"..This latest installment finds Montalbano in search of his missing right-hand man. Before leaving for vacation with Livia, Montalbano witnesses a seagull doing an odd dance on the beach outside his home, when the bird suddenly drops dead. Stopping in at his office for a quick check before heading off, he notices that Fazio is nowhere to be found and soon learns that he was last seen on the docks, secretly working on a case. Montalbano sets out to...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A new atmospheric Italian mystery novel set in Lake Como, introducing the clever and captivating Inspector Stefania Valenti. During the construction of a new road to the Swiss border in the mountains above Lake Como, the remains of a young man are unearthed on the powerful Cappelletti family's property. On the case is Stefania Valenti, forty-five, divorced with a young daughter, and a brilliant, determined police inspector. Her investigation takes...
20) Treasure hunt
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In Treasure Hunt, Montalbano is hailed as a hero after news cameras film him scaling a building--gun in hand--to capture a pair of unlikely snipers. Shortly after, the inspector begins to receive cryptic messages in verse from someone challenging him to go on a 'treasure hunt.' Intrigued, he accepts, treating the messages as amusing riddles-- until they take a dangerous turn."--From publisher's web site.