Book description
Florence, summer 1963. Inspector Bordelli is one of the few policemen
left in the deserted city. He spends his days on routine work, and his
nights tormented by the heat and mosquitoes. Suddenly one night, a
telephone call gives him a new sense of purpose: the suspected death of
a wealthy Signora. Bordelli rushes to her hilltop villa, and picks the
locks. The old woman is lying on her bed - apparently killed by an
asthma attack, though her medicine has been left untouched. With the
help of his young protege, the victim's eccentric brother, and a
semi-retired petty thief, the inspector begins a murder investigation.
Each suspect has a solid alibi, but there is something that doesn't
quite add up ... Marco Vichi was born in Florence in 1957. The author
of eleven novels and two collections of short stories, he has also
edited crime anthologies, written screenplays, music lyrics and for
radio, and collaborated on and directed various projects for
humanitarian causes. His novel Death in Florence won the Scerbanenco,
Rieti and Camaiore prizes in Italy. Marco Vichi lives in the Chianti
region of Tuscany. You can find out more at www. marcovichi. it. Stephen
Sartarelli ia an award-winning translator. He is also the author of
three books of poetry, most recently The Open Vault. He lives in France.
