Magdalen Nabb weeft boeiende misdaadromans die duiken in de verborgen geheimen van Florence, een stad die zij beschrijft als een plek waar rustige straten onbekende levens verbergen. Haar verhalen, met luitenant Guarnaccia in de hoofdrol, verkennen de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur en de mysteries die zich achter gesloten deuren ontvouwen. Nabb combineert meesterlijk sfeervolle omgevingen met ingewikkelde plots, waardoor lezers worden meegezogen in het hart van haar onderzoeken. Naast haar misdaadromans schrijft ze ook populaire kinderboeken over Josie Smith, die zich afspelen in haar geboortestreek Lancashire.
Het is zomer en snikheet in Florence wanneer een oude vrouw de hulp inroept van politiechef Salvatore Guarnaccia. Ze wordt bedreigd. Als hij uiteindelijk bij haar langsgaat, is ze met messteken om het leven gebracht. Salvatore trekt zich har dood zeer aan en is vastbesloten de dader te vinden. Maar hij heeft ook te maken met een grote inbraak in een woning van een kunstverzamelaar. Hebben deze zaken nu iets met elkaar te maken of niet?
Kriminalroman.
After she rescues a battered wooden horse from a toy shop, all sorts of magic begins to happen for Irina. Suggested level: primary.
“ The lore and mystique of male transvestite lifestyles in Florence. . . . The marshal takes the case that no one wants, a situation underscoring the novel’s theme of unloved and troubled children.”— Publishers Weekly “Among the genre’s most appealing cops.”— Booklist “Surpasses the best of Simenon.”— Kirkus Reviews The marshal must leave his snug world at the Pitti Palace to seek a criminal in the shadowy haunts of prostitutes, pimps, and tricks. No one believes that he can navigate in this milieu, much less identify a killer, but once again he confounds their expectations.
A young mother is found dead in her bedroom in the elegant villa of the newly rich Paolottis. There seems to be no motive for the brutal crime until Marshal Guarnaccia investigates.
Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series: "The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb's police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters."--"The New York Times Book Review" A well-known writer is found dead in the Villa Torrini near Florence without a mark of violence on her. Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri must solve the mystery while struggling with a new legal system and a strict diet. Magdalen Nabb was born and educated in England. She lived and wrote in Florence, where she died in August 2007.
Marshal Guarnaccia enters Florentine high society in search of a clever killer.
Why should anyone want to murder Clementina, the crazed old woman who tidied by night the narrow streets of Florence's San Frediano district? Starting without clues, the Marshal sets out in the city's August heat to reconstruct her past. By the author of "The Marshal Makes His Report".
Olivia, an American-born model, married Count Ugo Brunamonti, a feckless, soon impoverished aristocrat. The government's official policy is not to permit the payment of ransom. But if the money isn't paid, the kidnappers cannot let their victim go free. Can it be that Olivia's children are unwilling to pay the ransom?
There was enough trouble around to keep the police busy for months. All over Florence tourists were being robbed, cars stolen and somewhere in ther city terrorists were quietly at work. So the suicide of a Dutch jeweller looked like a simple case, or was it just too simple?
