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An Inspector Bordelli Mystery
by Marco Vichi
Florence, 1965. A man is found murdered, a pair of scissors stuck through his throat. Only one thing is known about him - he was a loan shark, who ruined and blackmailed the vulnerable men and women who would come to him for help.
Inspector Bordelli prepares to launch a murder investigation. But the case will be a tough one for him, arousing mixed emotions: the desire for justice conflicting with a deep hostility for the victim. And he is missing his young police sidekick, Piras, who is convalescing at his parents' home in Sardinia.
But Piras hasn't been recuperating for long before he, too, has a mysterious death to death with...
"Starred Review. [ Inspector Bordelli] takes life slowly, yet the many detours of his day...engage the reader in far more than just the search for a murderer." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Straight from the city that brought us da Vinci and Dante, Vichi is on a par with writers like Henning Mankell and Elizabeth George who have elevated the police procedural to a work of art." - Shelf Awareness
"Inspector Bordelli has a lot on his mind. He wonders why he's never found a great woman, he's got to cut back on cigarettes, and he should probably figure out who killed that wealthy older lady in her 17th-century villa." - The New York Times
"Vichi shows us ever more secret and dark sides to an otherwise sunny city. But his happiest creation, in my opinion, remains the character of Inspector Bordelli." -Andrea Camilleri
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Marco Vichi's novel Death in Florence won the Scerbanenco, Rieti, and Camaiore prizes. His other novels Death in August and Death and the Olive Grove.
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