Winter swallows : ring down the curtain for Commissario Ricciardi /
De Giovanni, Maurizio, 1958-
Winter swallows : ring down the curtain for Commissario Ricciardi / Maurizio de Giovanni ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar. - 318 pages ; 21 cm. - World noir A Commissario Ricciardi mystery . - De Giovanni, Maurizio, 1958- Commissario Ricciardi series. . - World noir. .
"Christmas has just passed and the city is preparing to celebrate New Year when, on the stage of a variety show, famous actor Michelangelo Gelmi fires a gun at his wife, Fedora Marra. The shooting itself would be nothing strange: it is repeated every evening as part of their performance. But this time, someone replaced one of the blanks with a real bullet. Gelmi swears his innocence, but few believe him. Approaching old age and with a career in decline, the actor has become increasingly dependent on his wife, much younger than him and at the height of her fame. However, rumor has it that she had fallen in love with another man and was preparing to leave Gelmi. A straightforward case of infidelity and marital jealousy? Commissario Ricciardi has more than one doubt. A mystery made darker by the sudden fog that envelops an almost gothic Naples, Commissario Riccardi's latest adventure will enrapture readers until its final, dramatic act"--Provided by publisher.
9781609457273 1609457277
Ricciardi, Luigi Alfredo--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
Italian fiction--Translations into English.
English fiction--Translations from Italian.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Winter swallows : ring down the curtain for Commissario Ricciardi / Maurizio de Giovanni ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar. - 318 pages ; 21 cm. - World noir A Commissario Ricciardi mystery . - De Giovanni, Maurizio, 1958- Commissario Ricciardi series. . - World noir. .
"Christmas has just passed and the city is preparing to celebrate New Year when, on the stage of a variety show, famous actor Michelangelo Gelmi fires a gun at his wife, Fedora Marra. The shooting itself would be nothing strange: it is repeated every evening as part of their performance. But this time, someone replaced one of the blanks with a real bullet. Gelmi swears his innocence, but few believe him. Approaching old age and with a career in decline, the actor has become increasingly dependent on his wife, much younger than him and at the height of her fame. However, rumor has it that she had fallen in love with another man and was preparing to leave Gelmi. A straightforward case of infidelity and marital jealousy? Commissario Ricciardi has more than one doubt. A mystery made darker by the sudden fog that envelops an almost gothic Naples, Commissario Riccardi's latest adventure will enrapture readers until its final, dramatic act"--Provided by publisher.
9781609457273 1609457277
Ricciardi, Luigi Alfredo--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
Italian fiction--Translations into English.
English fiction--Translations from Italian.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.