{"product_id":"a-florentine-mysteryisbn-9781569472972","title":"A Florentine Mystery","description":"A young Swiss art student has been reported missing, and Marshal Guarnaccia must travel to the small town where she was studying to find out the truth about her disappearance. When her body is found, it appears that she was the victim of a sex-related crime. But Guarnaccia—who comes from a small town himself—suspects that a local feud with roots in the horrors and betrayals of World War II may play an important part in the solution to the crime.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Magdalen Nabb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb’s police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every word should be savored.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The   best mystery news in ages is that Soho is restoring to the canon   Magdalen Nabb and her tremendous creation, Marshal Guarnaccia of the   Italian Police in Florence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nabb continues to extend conventions of the police procedural to suit her own intriguing vision and purpose.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMagdalen  Nabb was born in Lancashire and trained as a potter. In 1975, she left her old life behind and moved with her son to Florence, where she fell in love with the local setting. Her Marshal Guarnaccia series, which has been translated into ten languages, was inspired by a real local marshal she befriended in the tiny pottery town of Montelupo Fiorentino. Nabb wrote children’s fiction and crime novels until her death in 2007.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303450038501,"sku":"NP9781569472972","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569472972.jpg?v=1730754349","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-florentine-mysteryisbn-9781569472972","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}