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MYSTERIES
An Aurelio Zen Mystery
And Then You Die
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
Dibdin's stylish, dark detective is hiding out at a beach resort in Tuscany in this installment of the Aurelio Zen series. Naturally, he jumps into the action to find out who is trying to kill him. It's hard to say what we like best about Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series: his knowing police detective, the thoroughly enjoyable Italian settings, fast-paced plot or wry commentary on contemporary society and politics.
(ITL619, $14.00) |
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Back to Bologna
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Dibdin shows a lighter touch in this installment in the marvelous Aurelio Zen mysteries. His detective, up to his neck in girlfriend trouble, is called to Bologna to figure out who killed a local industrialist. He encounters a diverse cast of characters and, naturally, more murders ensue.
(ITL746, $13.95) |
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Blood Rain
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
Much of the action on this installment in the enjoyable Aurelio Zen series is set in and around Catania in Sicily, a place that our world-weary detective had always hoped to avoid. It's hard to say what we like best about Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series: his knowing police detective, the thoroughly enjoyable Italian settings, fast-paced plot or wry commentary on contemporary society and politics.
(ITL624, $15.00) |
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Cabal
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 241 PAGES
In this beautifully written thriller, detective Aurelio Zen is called to the Vatican to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Prince Ludovico Ruspanti, who plunged from the roof of St. Peter's Basilica. It's hard to say what we like best about Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series: his knowing police detective, the thoroughly enjoyable Italian settings, fast-paced plot or wry commentary on contemporary society and politics.
(ITL620, $13.95) |
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Cosi Fan Tutti
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 247 PAGES
Romantic entanglements complicate the investigation of a murder in Naples in this installment of the enjoyable series. Much lighter in tone than the other Aurelio Zen books, Cosi Fan Tutti has some wonderfully comic moments worthy of Shakespeare.
(ITL623, $13.95) |
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Dead Lagoon, An Aurelio Zen Mystery
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 297 PAGES
Dibdin -- a master of ambiguous settings, shady dealings and fast-paced prose -- returns to Venice in this sixth book in the thoroughly enjoyable Aurelio Zen series. It may be his best, the city a perfect match for the knowing charm of Dibdin's detective.
(ITL577, $14.95) |
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End Games
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
Murder, eccentric millionaires, American film scouts and buried treasure all figure prominently in Dibdin's last Zen mystery, set in the hill towns of Calabria.
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A Long Finish, An Aurelio Zen Mystery
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
Another enjoyable "Aurelio Zen Mystery" from Michael Dibdin, this time private investigator Zen is in Rome and Alba, enjoying wonderful wine and food while uncovering a murderous plot that may jeopardize the Piemontese wine industry.
(ITL193, $13.95) |
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Medusa, An Aurelio Zen Mystery
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
It's hard to say what we like best about Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series: his knowing police detective, the thoroughly enjoyable Italian settings, fast-paced plot or wry commentary on contemporary society and poltitics. In this ninth outing, Zen finds a mysterious corpse in a long-abandoned military tunnel in the Dolomites, a perfect opportunity for Dibdin to put his detective on scenic train rides and immerse him in some unsavory WWII-era politics. Zen and Gemma are living quietly (or attempting to) in Lucca after the events of the last book, Blood Rain.
(ITL576, $13.95) |
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Ratking
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
1997 •
PAPER
Venetian crime investigator Aurelio Zen (now living in Rome with his mother) goes after the kidnappers of a Perugian industrialist in this enjoyable thriller, winner of the Gold Dagger Award. This is the book that launched the series of satisfyingly complex tales, all set in Italy and rich in details of contemporary Italian life and politics.
(ITL622, $13.95) |
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Vendetta
• Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 260 PAGES
An eccentric billionaire, his wife and guests are gunned down Mob-style in his Sardinian villa in this second book in the Aurelio Zen series, winner of the Crime Writers Association Award in 1990. World-weary Zen is none too happy about leaving his Venetian roost for the wilds of Sardinia.
(ITL621, $13.95) |
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