Death of an Englishman /
Nabb, Magdalen, 1947-2007.
Death of an Englishman / Magdalen Nabb. - New York, NY : Soho Press, [2013.] - 185 p. ; 20 cm.
"A Marshal Guarnaccia investigation"--Cover. "First published in Great Britain in 1981"--T.p. verso.
The debut of Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri, a Sicilian, stationed in Florence. It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and Scotland Yard has dispatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crime. But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why. In addition to the wonderful atmosphere of Florence, Magdalen Nabb has created a delightful investigator who has been described as "the most Maigret-like of contemporary policemen" by the "Times Literary Supplement.
1616952997 9781616952990
Guarnaccia, Marshal (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Italy--Florence--Fiction.
Police--Italy--Florence--Fiction.
Florence (Italy)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Mystery fiction.
Death of an Englishman / Magdalen Nabb. - New York, NY : Soho Press, [2013.] - 185 p. ; 20 cm.
"A Marshal Guarnaccia investigation"--Cover. "First published in Great Britain in 1981"--T.p. verso.
The debut of Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri, a Sicilian, stationed in Florence. It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and Scotland Yard has dispatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crime. But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why. In addition to the wonderful atmosphere of Florence, Magdalen Nabb has created a delightful investigator who has been described as "the most Maigret-like of contemporary policemen" by the "Times Literary Supplement.
1616952997 9781616952990
Guarnaccia, Marshal (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Italy--Florence--Fiction.
Police--Italy--Florence--Fiction.
Florence (Italy)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Mystery fiction.