The electrifying best-selling crime thriller from Italy,\navailable for the first time in English. An instant sensation\nand number-one best seller since its publication, Temporary\nPerfections is the fourth crime novel by former Italian prosecutor\nGianrico Carofiglio to feature Guido Guerrieri. A lawyer practicing\nin Bari, in southwest Italy, Guido Guerrieri is hired by an old\ncolleague to work a missing-persons case that the police have\nfailed to solve. Manuela Ferraro disappeared six months ago after\nspending a September weekend at a beach resort; as Guerrieri digs\ndeep into her life and activities, he stumbles into a sinister drug\nring and the real truth about why Ferraro vanished.
\nSimultaneously thoughtful and suspenseful, this is crime fiction at\nits best.
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