Book description
The third in the Inspector Bordelli crime series set in 1960s Florence.
Florence, 1965. A man is found murdered, a pair of scissors stuck
through his throat. Only one thing is known about him - he was a loan
shark, who ruined and blackmailed the vulnerable men and women who would
come to him for help.
Inspector Bordelli prepares to launch a murder investigation. But the
case will be a tough one for him, arousing mixed emotions: the desire
for justice conflicting with a deep hostility for the victim. And he is
missing his young police sidekick, Piras, who is convalescing at his
parents' home in Sardinia.
But Piras hasn't been recuperating for long before he too has a
mysterious death to deal with . . . '[The Inspector Bordelli books]
feature a fascinating cop and disillusioned anti-hero who rails against
both injustice and the corrupt system but faces classic murder cases
with a familiar Christie-like ring' Marco Vichi was born in Florence
in 1957. The author of twelve 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. Death in Florence
, the fourth in the Inspector Bordelli series of crime novels, 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 is an award-winning translator. He is also the
author of three books of poetry. He lives in France.
