Michele Giuttari
Paperback | Pages: 381 pages Rating: 3.58 | 868 Users | 128 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Death In Tuscany (Michele Ferrara #2) |
| Author | : | Michele Giuttari |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 381 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Cultural. Italy. Fiction. Thriller |
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Personal clashes with professional for Michele Ferrara in the second book in the series of compelling and authentic Italian police procedurals In the picturesque Tuscan hill town of Scandicci, the body of a girl is discovered, scantily dressed and lying by the edge of the woods. After a week the local police investigating the case haven't even identified her, let alone gotten to the bottom of how she died. Frustrated by the lack of progress, Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara, head of Florence's elite Squadra Mobile, decides to step in. Because toxins were discovered in the girl's body, many assumed that she died of a self-inflicted drugs overdose, but Ferrara quickly realizes that the truth is darker than that: he believes that the girl was murdered. When he delves deeper, there are many aspects to the case that convince Ferrara that the girl's death is part of a sinister conspiracy—a conspiracy that has its roots in the very foundations of Tuscan society.Details Books During A Death In Tuscany (Michele Ferrara #2)
| Original Title: | La loggia degli innocenti |
| ISBN: | 0349120072 (ISBN13: 9780349120072) |
| Series: | Michele Ferrara #2 |
| Setting: | Florence(Italy) |
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Ratings: 3.58 From 868 Users | 128 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books A Death In Tuscany (Michele Ferrara #2)
I didn't realise this was a #2 in a series featuring the same detective when I picked it up at an op shop... turns out the story was pretty much self-contained, although there were references to the periphery characters that I'm sure would have made more sense had I read #1 first.I found this an engaging read, with a pretty clever mystery, and an unusual plotting/pacing - I think due to it being written in Italian then translated to English... I found the unusual plotting/pacing charming,A better level of realism comes through with the character of Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara compared to Leon's Commissario Brunetti and Dibdin's detective Aurelio Zen. The references to Freemasonry and the Albanian Eastern Mafioso were cleverly intertwined throughout the plot to keep you intrigued as Operation Stella unfolded. With the Italian towns of Carrara, Massa and Montecatini in the background, mixed in with character names such as Ciuffi, Serpico, Rizzo, Chief Superintendent
Not a moment was I bored - action-packed and engaging. Kept me on edge with all of the different twists, and I did not foresee the connections between the crime cases.
A DEATH IN TUSCANY is the second book from former Florence police chief Michele Guittari, billed as a bestseller in Italy and translated into nine languages. I was particularly interested to read this as the first book A FLORENTINE DEATH had a number of elements which didn't work at all for me, and I wanted to see if this was first book syndrome or more to do with this particular author's style of storytelling.A DEATH IN TUSCANY starts out with the discovery of the body of a girl near a small
Fortunately our library has several of his books and so I am catching up; but it does not have all so i am reading them out of order.I'm rating this one 4 stars because the mystery brings in the Freemasons as the "bad guys". Possibly in Florence/Italy there are renegade Freemasons--as in any particular group however one defines it. But my father and husband were Masons, and I know several, and I also know of the good they do re: free optometrical services, support for Shriner Hospitals (and I
It's an excellent plot although difficult to follow at times because of the similarity of many of the characters names. Also the writing is rather clunky but it may be the translation.
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