Search Results: FLORENCE from Murder By The Book

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Soho Press,, 2001. 4th printing. Near fine copy of the trade paperback. Introducing Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia, a Sicilian stationed in Florence. He wants to go south for Christmas to be home with his family for the holiday, but is laid up with the flu. At this awkward moment, the death of a retired Englishman is reported. Guarnaccia must discover the identity of the criminal and the motive for the crime before he can take the train home for the holidays.. Later Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2005. 1st printing with complete number line beginning with 1. Trade paperback, Advance Reader's Edition. "Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia is an unusual protagonist for a crime novel: he's neither a Bond-like sophisticate nor a recovering loser; a Sicilian living in Florence, he's neither on his own turf nor in a strange land. A modest family man, a quiet and calm observer--but no macho silence, mind you--he makes his way in a town he's come to know. In lovely measured language, the author unfolds the story of a woman's body found in a pond in the Boboli Gardens. The victim is unrecognizable, so it's some time before Guarnaccia, calling on an intriguing assortment of artisans and others in his neighborhood, discovers that she's Akiko, a young Japanese apprentice to the shoemaker Peruzzi. Guarnaccia digs for answers, but when he finally identifies Akiko's mysterious lover, the chief suspect in her death, the marshal for once regrets knowing the… Read More

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2005. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia is an unusual protagonist for a crime novel: he's neither a Bond-like sophisticate nor a recovering loser; a Sicilian living in Florence, he's neither on his own turf nor in a strange land. A modest family man, a quiet and calm observer--but no macho silence, mind you--he makes his way in a town he's come to know. In lovely measured language, the author unfolds the story of a woman's body found in a pond in the Boboli Gardens. The victim is unrecognizable, so it's some time before Guarnaccia, calling on an intriguing assortment of artisans and others in his neighborhood, discovers that she's Akiko, a young Japanese apprentice to the shoemaker Peruzzi. Guarnaccia digs for answers, but when he finally identifies Akiko's mysterious lover, the chief suspect in her death, the marshal for once… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1995. 1st ed. page edges lightly dusted, date at inside cover else near fine in dust jacket. Author's first mystery introduces poet-policeman who must solve a series of murders in Florence, Italy . WINNER of the ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD for Best First Novel. "Cordelia Sinclair, from Evanston, Illinois, takes up temporary residence in the Italian city of Florence, not only to research early Italian opera for a doctoral thesis but also to start life anew, putting her failed marriage behind her. Simultaneous to Cordelia's arrival in this sublime metropolis, Umberto Cardinal Cafferelli is found murdered in one of Florence's most famous churches. Detective Inspector Carlo Arbati, a poet, like P. D. James' Adam Dalgliesh, suspects a connection between the cardinal's brutal death and two previous ones with similar characteristics; readers know his hunch is correct early on--in fact, we meet the murderer almost right away, but what… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Collins Crime Club, 1988. 1st edition. Fine in fine, unclipped dust jacket £9.95 intact, in protective mylar cover. [FLORENCE]. A NY Times selection for notable crime novels Out giving his wife driving lessons, Marshal Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri witnesses a disturbance in the streets involving a local eccentric, “crazy Clementina.” When the woman is found dead in her apartment soon after the incident of an apparent suicide, the marshal is puzzled and immediately suspects foul play. But who would have a motive to kill her? As the marshal dives into the case and reconstructs Clementina’s tragic past, his investigation dredges up the events surrounding a disastrous flood some twenty years earlier and a controversial piece of legislation with profound effects on the lives of Italy’s mentally unstable residents.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Hutchinson of London, 1974. 1ST. Ed. United Kingdom. Near Fine, Near Fine - yellowing to pages and small chip out of back cover. The drug world and the art world mix, and the result is no Van Gogh, more like Picasso.. First Edition / UK. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: Dodd, 1984. 1st ed. Fine in dj, price clipped. Revolves around the discovery of an unknown masterpiece by Michelangelo. Authors 1st book. FLORENCE. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Dodd, 1984. 1st ed. Fine in dj very lightly sunned at spine. Revolves around the discovery of an unknown masterpiece by Michelangelo. Authors 1st book. FLORENCE.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.