Daggers and Men's Smiles by Jill Downie

Daggers and Men's Smiles by Jill Downie

On the English Channel Island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his new partner, Liz Falla, investigate vicious attacks on Epicure Films. The international production company is shooting a movie based on British bad-boy author Gilbert Ensor's bestselling novel about an Italian aristocratic family at the end of the Second World War, using fortifications from the German occupation of Guernsey as locations, and the manor house belonging to the expatriate Vannonis. When vandalism escalates into murder, Moretti must resist the attractions of Ensor's glamorous American wife, Sydney, consolidate his working relationship with Falla, and establish whether the murders on Guernsey go beyond the island. Why is the Marchesa Vannoni in Guernsey? What is the significance of the design that appears on the daggers used as murder weapons, as well as on the Vannoni family crest? And what role does the marchesas statuesque niece, Giulia, who runs the family business and is probably bisexual, really play?

Jill Downie is the author of A Passionate Pen: The Life and Times of Faith Fenton, awarded the Drummer General's Award by Richard Bachmann of A Different Drummer Books, and Storming the Castle: The World of Dora and the Duchess, which received the Hamilton and Region Arts Council Literary Award for non-fiction. Previously, she published five historical novels and has had plays performed at various festivals, including the Toronto Fringe. She lives in Ancaster, Ontario.

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ISBN 13	9781554888689
ISBN 10	1554888689
Title	Daggers and Men's Smiles
Author	Jill Downie
Series	Moretti And Falla Mystery Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dundurn Group Ltd
Year published	2011-05-25
Number of pages	346
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.