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Product Identifiers
PublisherSOHO Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101616952997
ISBN-139781616952990
eBay Product ID (ePID)159951019
Product Key Features
Book TitleDeath of an Englishman
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Crime, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year2013
GenreFiction
AuthorMagdalen Nabb
Book SeriesA Florentine Mystery Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsPraise for Death of an Englishman "A coup de maître , as we say in French . . . One of the tastiest books I have read for years." --Georges Simenon "Magdalen Nabb is so good she's awesome." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Guarnaccia is one of fiction's most satisfying detectives, a man whose domestic life is as fascinating as his cases . . . The series began with Death of an Englishman and is distinguished by its superb sense of place." -- The Times ' "One Hundred Masters of Crime" "Neatly plotted and well written . . . A more than sparkling debut." -- Times Literary Supplement, "A coupe de maitre, as we say in French... One of the tastiest books I have read for years." --Georges Simenon "Magdalen Nabb is so good she's awesome." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Neatly plotted and well written. It is a more than sparkling debut." -- Times Literary Supplement, "A coupe de maitre, as we say in French... One of the tastiest books I have read for years." -Georges Simenon "Magdalen Nabb is so good she's awesome." - Philadelphia Inquirer "Neatly plotted and well written. It is a more than sparkling debut." - Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Edition19
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Synopsis"Guarnaccia is one of fiction's most satisfying detectives, a man whose domestic life is as fascinating as his cases . . . The series began with Death of an Englishman and is distinguished by its superb sense of place." -- The Times ' "One Hundred Masters of Crime" Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Florentine Carabinieri wants to go south for Christmas to spend the holiday with his family in Sicily, but a retired Englishman living in Florence has been murdered. Who has shot Mr. Langley-Smythe in the back? The marshal must discover the identity of the criminal and the motive for the crime before he can take the train home for the holidays.