{"product_id":"a-florentine-mysteryisbn-9781569474822","title":"A Florentine Mystery","description":"“The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummoned by an aged woman to investigate mysterious noises in the vacant flat next to hers, Marshal Guarnaccia discovers a dying Dutch jeweler. The old lady had known him when he was a boy growing up in Florence. Could he have returned to the family home just to commit suicide? Or could the man be the victim of a cunning murderer?\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Dutchman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This elegant series, which began in 1981 with \u003ci\u003eDeath of an Englishman \u003c\/i\u003e.  . . is set in Florence, a city that glows in the Tuscan sun . . .  [His] sense of estrangement accounts for Guarnaccia’s special  perspective on strangers, those ‘innocents’ among the living and the  dead.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The  richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate   politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Crime fiction at its best.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lean, elegant  prose that surpasses the best of Simenon, along with a puckish view of  the Florentines from Guarnaccia’s Sicilian perspective.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Great local atmosphere and rich characterizations.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A superb series . . . [Marshal Guarnaccia is] a working-man’s Maigret.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Guarnaccia’s Florence is a delightful place to visit.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene\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 knew  no one and even though she didn't speak any Italian, but 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":46305332592869,"sku":"NP9781569474822","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569474822.jpg?v=1730760170","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-florentine-mysteryisbn-9781569474822","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}