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MYSTERIES
A Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation
Death in Autumn
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
Number four in the Marshal Guarnaccia series in which the Sicilian inspector digs into the story behind a richly bejeweled body found in the Arno. It's a atmospheric tale involving not only murder but also blackmail, jewel theft, and drug dealing. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia is not entirely at ease, a Sicilian living in Florence, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen).
(ITL637, $11.00) |
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Death in Springtime
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2005 •
PAPER
Two women are kidnapped in Florence's Piazza San Felice in this third Guarnaccia mystery. Guarnaccia's investigation takes him around Florence (the setting for the series) and up into the Tucsan foothills on the trail of suspected Sardinian kidnappers. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia is not entirely at ease, a Sicilian living in Florence, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen).
(ITL635, $12.00) |
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Death of a Dutchman
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 220 PAGES
Marshal Guarnaccia investigates the suspicous circumstances surrounding the death of Dutch jeweler, who returns to his boyhood home in Florence only to soon be found dysing. A barbiturate overdose and glass-slashed hands suggest suicide, but the Dutch jeweler's last words, oddly, are "It wasn't her." Puzzled and suspicious, the dedicated Marshal must fight his way through official red tape, hordes of tourists, the soggy July heat, and the dead Dutchman's troubled past in order to reach the truth.
(ITL882, $12.00) |
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Death of an Englishman
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
The debut of Nabb's Marshal Guarnaccia, a Sicilian living in Florence. Like Columbo, Guarnaccia is not quite at home -- and deceptively clever. The investigation of the death of A. Langley-Smythe, a seemingly respectable Englishman, unspools on Christmas Eve on the streets of Florence. Scotland Yard dispatches assistance but it is the quietly effective Guarnaccia who solves the case.
(ITL639, $14.00) |
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The Innocent
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 233 PAGES
Lucky number 13 in the Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia series, rich in the flavor of Florence, involving the murder of a woman in Boboli Gardens. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia, a Sicilian living in Florence, is not entirely at ease, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen). Nabb helpfully includes a map of Florence.
(ITL634, $12.00) |
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The Marshal and the Madwoman
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
In this sixth book in the series Guarnaccia discovers poor crazed Clementina, found dead in San Frediano district, lead a more intriguing life than anyone would have suspected. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia is not entirely at ease, a Sicilian living in Florence, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen).
(ITL638, $12.00) |
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The Marshal and the Murderer
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 204 PAGES
This fifth book in the Marshal Guarnaccia series takes our hero from the streets of Florence, his usual haunt, and into the countryside on the trail of a young Swiss art student who has disappeared. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia is not entirely at ease, a Sicilian living in Florence, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen).
(ITL640, $12.00) |
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Marshal at the Villa Torrini
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
In this ninth book in the series, a well-known writer lies dead without a mark on her body, her husband sprawled drunkenly nearby, at the Villa Torrini, while back in Florence, Marshal Guarnaccia struggles in vain with a tough new legal system -- and the hunger pangs of a strict diet.
(FRN824, $13.00) |
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The Marshal Makes His Report
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Marshal Guarnaccia investigates the suspicious suicide of a Florentine aristocrat in the eighth installment of Nabb's excellent series.
(ITL972, $14.00) |
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The Marshal's Own Case
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
In the seventh book in Nabb's fast-paced, atmospheric series, Inspector Guarnaccia must navigate the underbelly of Florentine society after a transvestite prostitute is found dead.
(ITL971, $14.00) |
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Property of Blood
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Guarnaccia investigates the kidnapping of the wealthy American entrepreneur, a Contessa no less, whose children may not want her back at all. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia is not entirely at ease, a Sicilian living in Florence, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen).
(ITL641, $12.00) |
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Some Bitter Taste
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
Number 12 in the series, a richly atmospheric tale set in Florence. Guarnaccia investiages the murder of Sara Hirsch, a spinster living alone at Villa L'Uliveto. The Columbo of Italy, Nabb's likeable Guarnaccia is not entirely at ease, a Sicilian living in Florence, but he's deceptively clever (and a solid citizen).
(ITL636, $12.00) |
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Vita Nuova
• Magdalen Nabb
MYSTERY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
Marshal Guarnaccia is singled out to solve the death of a reclusive single mother with a dysfunctional family in the 14th and final installment of the series set in Florence. Our hero is stuck working through the month of August in a Florence that's "pretty empty except for tourists." Things heat up in more ways than one when Guarnaccia is called to investigate the murder of a single mother who is working towards her doctorate. The crime scene is her family's ritzy villa, with swimming pool out back and foreign cars in the driveway, none of which appeals to the old-fashioned marshall who would prefer to see a "nice orchard" or a "vineyard" on the property. It turns out that the source of these riches is not the father's nightclub, but his involvement in the sex trade. With his favorite colleagues on vacation, his favorite restaurants closed, and his wife away caring for his ailing sister, the lonely Guarnaccia finds himself joining forces with the dean of local crime reporters.
(ITL938, $13.00) |
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