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I Hadn't Understood

by Diego De Silva ...

Translated by Antony Shugaar ...

Series Book 1 - The Vincenzo Malinconico Novels
This "sharp-edged comedic novel of a semi-hapless Italian lawyer" who finds himself employed by the mob was a finalist for Italy's prestigious Strega Prize ( Kirkus Reviews).Vincenzo Malinconico is a wildly unsuccessful lawyer who spends most of his time at the office trying to look busy. His wife has left him. His teenage children worry him to death. And he suffers from a chronic inability to ... Read more

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This "sharp-edged comedic novel of a semi-hapless Italian lawyer" who finds himself employed by the mob was a finalist for Italy's prestigious Strega Prize ( Kirkus Reviews).Vincenzo Malinconico is a wildly unsuccessful lawyer who spends most of his time at the office trying to look busy. His wife has left him. His teenage children worry him to death. And he suffers from a chronic inability to
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My Mother-in-Law Drinks

by Diego De Silva ...

Translated by Antony Shugaar ...

Series Book 2 - The Vincenzo Malinconico Novels
A hapless Italian lawyer is wrapped up in the mock trial of a mafia boss in this "rollicking novel"—a "hilarious and touching" satire of the digital age ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).A mild-mannered computer engineer has pulled off a seemingly impossible crime—kidnapping the Neapolitan mafia boss he believes is responsible for the death of his son. He plans to conduct an impromptu trial on live ... Read more

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A hapless Italian lawyer is wrapped up in the mock trial of a mafia boss in this "rollicking novel"—a "hilarious and touching" satire of the digital age ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).A mild-mannered computer engineer has pulled off a seemingly impossible crime—kidnapping the Neapolitan mafia boss he believes is responsible for the death of his son. He plans to conduct an impromptu trial on live
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Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone

by Maurizio de Giovanni ...

Translated by Antony Shugaar ...

Series Book 2 - The Bastards of Pizzofalcone Series
Second in the contemporary Italian crime fiction series featuring Inspector Lojacono by the bestselling author of the Commissario Ricciardi novels.A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as "The Chinaman," starts to investigate.Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone is the second book in a ... Read more

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Second in the contemporary Italian crime fiction series featuring Inspector Lojacono by the bestselling author of the Commissario Ricciardi novels.A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as "The Chinaman," starts to investigate.Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone is the second book in a
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Crimes of Winter

by Philippe Georget ...

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Series Book 3 - The Inspector Sebag Mysteries
The third Inspector Sebag mystery "dives deeper into character than most traditional detective yarns and is written with wit, poignancy, and panache" ( Kirkus Reviews).Crime, suspense, and marital woes combine in this atmospheric procedural set in the seemingly quiet Mediterranean town of Perpignan.This winter is going to be a rough one for Insp. Gilles Sebag, for he has discovered a terrible ... Read more

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The third Inspector Sebag mystery "dives deeper into character than most traditional detective yarns and is written with wit, poignancy, and panache" ( Kirkus Reviews).Crime, suspense, and marital woes combine in this atmospheric procedural set in the seemingly quiet Mediterranean town of Perpignan.This winter is going to be a rough one for Insp. Gilles Sebag, for he has discovered a terrible
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The Venetian Masquerade

by Philip Gwynne Jones ...

Series Book 9 - The Nathan Sutherland Series
'An irresistible concoction of crime and culture' Daily MailA game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals of Venice . . .Carnevale is in full swing, the streets and waterways of Venice are crowded with masked revellers and Nathan Sutherland's birthday is about to be ruined.A night at the opera at La Fenice is always a memorable experience - and this time it will be so ... Read more

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'An irresistible concoction of crime and culture' Daily MailA game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals of Venice . . .Carnevale is in full swing, the streets and waterways of Venice are crowded with masked revellers and Nathan Sutherland's birthday is about to be ruined.A night at the opera at La Fenice is always a memorable experience - and this time it will be so
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No Resurrection for Commissario Ricciardi

by Maurizio de Giovanni ...

Translated by Antony Shugaar ...

Series Book 6 - The Commissario Ricciardi Mysteries
Commissario Ricciardi, "one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction," returns in this historical mystery by the author of By My Hand ( The Daily Beast).It is one week before Easter, Naples, 1932. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead. Suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears that when ... Read more

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Commissario Ricciardi, "one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction," returns in this historical mystery by the author of By My Hand ( The Daily Beast).It is one week before Easter, Naples, 1932. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead. Suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears that when
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For All the Gold in the World

by Massimo Carlotto ...

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Series Book 5 - The Alligator Mysteries
"The best living Italian crime writer" immerses readers in a gritty noir novel featuring PI Marco "the Alligator" Buratti ( Il Manifesto).This novel, by one of Italy's bestselling crime novelists, provides a unique perspective on the criminal and social dynamics that dominate contemporary Italy.One of the many robberies that plague Northeast Italy goes wrong and ends with a brutal murder. The ... Read more

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"The best living Italian crime writer" immerses readers in a gritty noir novel featuring PI Marco "the Alligator" Buratti ( Il Manifesto).This novel, by one of Italy's bestselling crime novelists, provides a unique perspective on the criminal and social dynamics that dominate contemporary Italy.One of the many robberies that plague Northeast Italy goes wrong and ends with a brutal murder. The
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Chourmo

by Jean-Claude Izzo ...

Series Book 2 - The Marseilles Trilogy
Second in the renowned Marseilles trilogy following Total Chaos, "one of the masterpieces of modern noir" (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post).This second novel in Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the author's beloved city, in all its color and complexity. Fabio Montale is an unwitting hero in this city of melancholy beauty.Montale has left a police force marred by ... Read more

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Second in the renowned Marseilles trilogy following Total Chaos, "one of the masterpieces of modern noir" (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post).This second novel in Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the author's beloved city, in all its color and complexity. Fabio Montale is an unwitting hero in this city of melancholy beauty.Montale has left a police force marred by
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The Second Rider

by Alex Beer ...

Translated by Tim Mohr ...

An internationally acclaimed crime novel set in post-WWI Vienna: "A thrilling, deeply satisfying debut" by "the new star of Austrian crime fiction" ( Kronen Zeitung).Vienna, 1919. In the desperate years after World War I, the Habsburg Empire is a fading memory and most of Vienna's remaining population survives by its wits, living hand to mouth in a city rife with crime, prostitution, and ... Read more

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An internationally acclaimed crime novel set in post-WWI Vienna: "A thrilling, deeply satisfying debut" by "the new star of Austrian crime fiction" ( Kronen Zeitung).Vienna, 1919. In the desperate years after World War I, the Habsburg Empire is a fading memory and most of Vienna's remaining population survives by its wits, living hand to mouth in a city rife with crime, prostitution, and
... Read more
Everyone in Their Place

The Summer of Commissario Ricciardi

by Maurizio de Giovanni ...

Series Book 3 - The Commissario Ricciardi Mysteries
Third in "a superb historical series set in Fascist Italy . . . and featuring one of the most melancholy detectives in European noir crime fiction ( The New York Times Book Review).Commissario Ricciardi has visions. He sees and hears the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths. It is both a gift and a curse. It has helped him become one of the most acute and successful homicide ... Read more

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Third in "a superb historical series set in Fascist Italy . . . and featuring one of the most melancholy detectives in European noir crime fiction ( The New York Times Book Review).Commissario Ricciardi has visions. He sees and hears the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths. It is both a gift and a curse. It has helped him become one of the most acute and successful homicide
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Big Italy

by Timothy Williams ...

Series Book 5 - Inspector Trotti
Northern Italy, 1993: After what seems like several lifetimes as a policeman in the Questura, Commissario Trotti is ready for retirement. Soon, he’ll be able to fulfill his dream of moving to the countryside villa he co-owns with his cousin, where his daily business will be tending to goats and chickens.But despite Trotti’s stubbornly old-fashioned investigative methods and his disregard for ... Read more

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Northern Italy, 1993: After what seems like several lifetimes as a policeman in the Questura, Commissario Trotti is ready for retirement. Soon, he’ll be able to fulfill his dream of moving to the countryside villa he co-owns with his cousin, where his daily business will be tending to goats and chickens.But despite Trotti’s stubbornly old-fashioned investigative methods and his disregard for
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Autumn, All the Cats Return

by Philippe Georget ...

Translated by Steven Rendall ...

Series Book 2 - The Inspector Sebag Mysteries
The second Inspector Sebag mystery following Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored: "A man like this—a cop like this—is definitely worth knowing" ( Los Angeles Review of Books).Inspector Sebag is a policeman in southern France with an unparalleled sixth sense, who excels at slipping into the skin of killers and hunting them down. However, when a retired French Algerian cop is discovered in his ... Read more

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The second Inspector Sebag mystery following Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored: "A man like this—a cop like this—is definitely worth knowing" ( Los Angeles Review of Books).Inspector Sebag is a policeman in southern France with an unparalleled sixth sense, who excels at slipping into the skin of killers and hunting them down. However, when a retired French Algerian cop is discovered in his
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