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Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle investigates the murder of a local bartender in the Tuscan countryside.
Synopsis:
On a late October Sunday morning in Gravigna, local maresciallo Perillo is having breakfast with ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle when he is called back to the station in Greve. Laura Benati, the young manager of Hotel Bella Vista, is worried—her bartender and good friend eighty-year-old Cesare Costanzi has been missing for three days.
The next morning, Jimmy, co-owner of Bar All’Angolo, Gravigna’s local café, where Nico is a frequent patron, runs out of gas on his way back from Florence. When Nico meets him to help, Nico’s dog, OneWag, reacts to the smell coming from Jimmy’s trunk. Inside Nico finds a body wrapped in plastic: Cesare Costanzi, stabbed several times in the chest.
Why would anyone kill Cesare, and how did he end up in Jimmy’s car? That’s for Nico to find out, as Perillo once again turns to Nico for help with the investigation.
Review:
THIS IS THE THRID BOOK IN THE SERIES, BUT FIRST I HAVE READ. THE AUTHOR GIVES YOU SOME INFO FROM PREVIOUS BOOKS, TO KEEP YOU CURRENT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PROHIBIT GOING BACK AND READING THE BOOKS. IT'S AN ENJOYABLE READ , AND ONE THAT MAKES YOU WISH TO BE IN ITALY ON VACATION, SO BE WARNED! GREAT USE OF LOCAL COLOR AND CHARACTERS TO MAKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MYSTERY. YOU'LL ENJOY THIS NEW SERIES AND A LOOK AT A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD,
About the Author
Camilla Trinchieri worked for many years dubbing films in Rome with directors including Federico Fellini, Pietro Germi, Franco Rosi, Lina Wertmüller and Luchino Visconti. She immigrated to the US in 1980 and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Under the pseudonym Camilla Crespi, she has published eight mysteries. As Camilla Trinchieri, she is the author of The Price of Silence, Seeking Alice, and three Tuscan mysteries.
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