{"product_id":"commissario-cenni-investigationisbn-9781569474969","title":"Commissario Cenni Investigation","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Commissario Cenni of Umbria's State Police\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRita Minelli grew up in Brooklyn, the only child of a narcissistic Italian mother and the GI she married at the end of World War II. After her mother’s death, Rita quits her teaching job and descends upon her poor but aristocratic relatives, the Count and Countess Casati, in Assisi. It is a while before they realize, to their chagrin, that Rita has come to stay. But when the family assembles to watch the penitents procession in the town square during Easter Week, Rita does not join them as planned. Her corpse is later found in the family mausoleum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlessandro Cenni, a commissario in the State Police of Umbria, must unearth the secrets of the Casati family and their circle if he is to discover who killed Rita and why. But he is blocked by their powerful right-wing connections, and by a superior who would rather arrest a scapegoat than risk political suicide. Aided by a loyal staff in his quest for justice, he still must acknowledge that no one can defeat the last enemy, death itself.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Brophy shows] real compassion for a middle-aged American woman who horrifies her late mother’s Italian relations by moving into their mansion in Assisi . . . The story flourishes in its cloistered setting.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fans of Donna Leon or Håkan Nesser will be ecstatic to find a kindred spirit in Grace Brophy.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, Mystery of the Month \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Evocative . . . Cenni is well set up to return, and traditional mystery readers should welcome his continued investigations.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, Grace Brophy’s mystery in an Umbrian setting like no other, serves up more delights than the local pasticceria.  The murder of Italian-American Rita Minelli during Holy Week in Assisi,  with its warren of winding alleys, hidden squares and steep cobbled  stairways, poses questions for Commissario Alessandro Cenni, not the  least, those concerning a 17th-century manuscript, a Croatian immigrant,  and a reclusive Contessa. With pressure from Rome, the Commissario’s  own job is on the line. Brophy’s wry laser-like insight probes the  layers of Italian aristocracy, the police system and the clergy with a  sure, deft touch.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Cara Black, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBorn in New Jersey to Irish parents, \u003cb\u003eGrace Brophy\u003c\/b\u003e lived and worked as a teacher and systems engineer in New York City until 2001, when she and her late husband, figurative painter Miguel Peraza, traveled to Italy with their two cats. While still in Italy, she began \u003ci\u003eThe Last Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, her first work of fiction. Her second Commissario Cenni novel, \u003ci\u003eA Deadly Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, is also published by Soho Press.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304323535077,"sku":"NP9781569474969","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569474969.jpg?v=1730756966","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/commissario-cenni-investigationisbn-9781569474969","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}