Book description
When magistrate Matteo Arconti's namesake, an insurance man from Milan,
is found dead outside the court buildings in Piazza Clodio, it's a coded
warning to the authorities - a clear message of defiance and intimidation.
Commissioner Alec Blume, all too familiar with Rome's criminal
underclass, knows little of the Calabrian mafia currently under
investigation by the magistrate. Handing control of the murder inquiry
to his partner Caterina Mattiola, Blume goes in search of answers,
setting off on a journey into the deep dark south of Italy... A
powerful and hugely compelling thriller. Dark, worldly and written with
tremendous style and assurance Conor Fitzgerald
has lived in Ireland, the UK, the United States and Italy. He has
worked as an arts editor, produced a current affairs journal for foreign
embassies based in Rome, and founded a successful translation company.
He is married with two children and lives in Rome. The Namesake
is the third in his series of Italian Crime novels.
