A Death in Italy by John Follain
The first installment in a stunning debut crime series, set in Paris and featuring Chief Inspector Serge MorelAt night Armand lay in bed with a sadness in his heart that ballooned until there was room for nothing else. He thought with horror of the lying-down room . . .
Paris; in the stifling August heat, Commandant Serge Morel is called to a disturbing crime scene. An elderly woman has been murdered to the soundtrack of Faure's Requiem, her body then grotesquely displayed. At first this strange case seems to offer few clues; and Morel has problems of his own. His father always a great force in his life is beginning to succumb to senility; and he is unsettled by the reappearance of the beautiful Mathilde, the woman he once loved. Only origami can help calm the detective and focus his thoughts on this troubling crime. As the investigation progresses, the key suspects to emerge are a middle-aged man and a mute teenage boy who have been delivering religious pamphlets in the city's suburbs. But as more elderly ladies are targeted, Morel will find his enquiries leading him back into the past, from the French countryside to Soviet Russia and to two young boys with the most terrible of stories to tell. An evocative, gripping crime novel with an aching heart, this debut novel is perfect for fans of Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon.
Since 1998, JOHN FOLLAIN has covered Italy for The Sunday Times. A Death in Italy: The Complete History of the Amanda Knox Case, The Last Godfathers, and Zoya's Tale on an Afghan resistance fighter, which has been translated into fourteen languages, are among his past works. For his interview with the Knox family, he was named runner-up for the 2006 Paul Foot Award for Campaigning Journalism and was nominated for the 2008 Magazine Journalism Awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250024244 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250024242 |
| Title | A Death in Italy |
| Author | John Follain |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2012-08-21 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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