Italian Crime Writing
August Heat
$21.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Camilleris alternately brooding and life-loving Sicilian police inspector Salvo Montalbano may be the most agonizingly human lead character in the mystery genre. The inspectors all-too-recognizable shortcomings, from let... Buy or find out more →
Day Of The Owl
$17.95 – Paperback book / New York Rev Books
A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his su... Buy or find out more →
The Girl Of His Dreams
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Heinemann
As Commissario Guido Brunetti watches his mother buried, he takes some solace in the cloud dappled sky, the tops of the Venetian cypress trees, moving gently in the spring breezes. As ever, his wife Paola is at his side.... Buy or find out more →
A Death In Tuscany
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Abacus
In the picturesque Tuscan hill town of Scandicci, the body of a girl is discovered, lying by the edge of the woods. The local police investigate the case-but after a week, they still haven’t even identified her, let alon... Buy or find out more →
End Games
$19.95 – Paperback book / Faber
Aurelio Zen is posted to Calabria, where in the heart of a tight-knit traditional community there has been a brutal murder. Zen is determined to find a way to penetrate the code of silence and uncover the truth. But his ... Buy or find out more →
The Terracotta Dog
$18.99 – Paperback book / Picador
The second Inspector Montalbano mystery.
The Terracotta Dog opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead Inspector Montalba... Buy or find out more →
Monster Of Florence
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Random Century
In the tradition of John Berendt'sMidnight in the Garden of Good and Eviland Erik Larson'sThe Devil in the White City, Douglas Preston weaves a captivating account of crime and punishment in the lush hills ofFlorence,Ita... Buy or find out more →