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Death of a Dutchman (Soho Crime)
Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series: "This elegant series, which began in 1981 with Death of an Englishman . . . is set in Florence, a city that glows in the Tuscan sun. . . . [His] sense of estrangement accounts for Guarnaccia's special perspective on strangers, those innocents' among the living and the dead."-The New York Times Book Review "Lean, elegant prose that surpasses the best of Simenon, along with a puckish view of the Florentines from Guarnaccia's Sicilian perspective."-Kirkus Reviews "The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit."-The Washington Post "Great local atmosphere and rich characterizations."-Publishers Weekly "A superb series. . . . A working-man's Maigret."-Booklist "Crime fiction at its best."-The Sunday Times (London) "Guarnaccia's Florence is a delightful place to visit."-Mystery Scene Summoned by an aged woman to investigate mysterious noises in the vacant flat next to hers, Marshal Guarnaccia discovers a dying Dutch jeweler. The old lady had known him when he was a boy growing up in Florence. Could he have returned to the family home just to commit suicide? Or could the man be the victim of a cunning murderer? Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire. She has lived in Florence since 1975 and has written twelve Marshal Guarnaccia mysteries. This is the second in the series. .
Price: $6.72
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Death of an Englishman: A Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation
The debut of Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri, a Sicilian, stationed in Florence It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and Scotland Yard has despatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crime. But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why. In addition to the wonderful atmosphere of Florence, Magdalen Nabb has created a delightful investigator who has been described as "the most Maigret-like of contemporary policemen" by the Times Literary Supplement. .
Price: $5.99
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Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General
Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events." This is what he tells us in this book.His account is detailed, yet dispassionate and objective. "Nothing is certain in war, when all is said and done," But in Manstein's record, at least, we can see clearly what forces were in action. In retrospect, perhaps his book takes on an even greater significance. .
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The Marshal and the Murderer
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Shutter Island: A Novel
Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. And neither is Teddy Daniels. Is he there to find a missing patient? Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe's radical approach to psychiatry? An approach that may include drug experimentation, hideous surgical trials, and lethal countermoves in the shadow war against Soviet brainwashing. . . . Or is there another, more personal reason why he has come there? As the investigation deepens, the questions only mount: How has a barefoot woman escaped the island from a locked room? Who is leaving clues in the form of cryptic codes? Why is there no record of a patient committed there just one year before? What really goes on in Ward C? Why is an empty lighthouse surrounded by an electrified fence and armed guards? The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane. . . . .
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The Innocent (Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation)
"Artfully understated . . . [An] elegant series."- The New York Times Book Review"The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit. . . . Nabb is sweetly droll."- The Washington Post Book World"[Nabb] writes in graceful, calm prose."-The Associated Press "Lovely measured language. . . . Offers such pleasures as great local atmosphere and rich characterizations."- Publishers Weekly"Lean, elegant prose that surpasses the best of Simenon."- Kirkus Reviews"[A] superb series."- Booklist"Guarnaccia's Florence is a delightful place to visit."- Mystery SceneThe body of a woman has been found half-submerged in an ornamental fish pond high up in Florence's Boboli Gardens. At first, the woman cannot be identified; only her skull remains. The marshal must use her clothing and a shoe to trace her. She turns out to be a young Japanese woman apprenticed to one of Florence's legendary custom shoemakers, crotchety old Peruzzi. Could he have killed his protg? Or did jealousy drive his other apprentice to murder? The neighbors have seen Akiko with a lover-a brilliant young Carabinieri-who has disappeared. Has he fled to avoid arrest? The marshal must go to Rome to complete his investigation. When he returns to Florence he can identify the killer, but can he bring him to justice? .
Price: $6.75
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Some Bitter Taste (Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation)
Praise for Magdalen Nabb: "Magdalen Nabb is so good she's awesome "-Philadelphia Inquirer "First rate. Engrossing, artful and -completely satisfying Nabb is a fine writer."-Frank Conroy "Elegant of style and elegant of mind."-Publishers Weekly, starred "Nabb is formidable "-Houston Post An elderly woman is found dead in her apartment. The marshal's search for the villains brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish refugees from fascism, and with an English expatriate. Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire. She has lived in Florence since 1975. .
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