Author Description

Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia "This elegant series, which began in 1981 with Death of an Englishman... 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."- The New York Times Book Review "Lean, elegant prose that surpasses the best of Simenon, along with a puckish view of the Florentines from Guarnaccia's Sicilian perspective."- Kirkus Reviews "The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit."- The Washington Post "Great local atmosphere and rich characterizations."- Publishers Weekly "A superb series.... A working-man's Maigret."- Booklist "Crime fiction at its best."- The Sunday Times (London) "Guarnaccia's Florence is a delightful place to visit."- Mystery Scene Summoned 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? Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire. She has lived in Florence since 1975 and has written twelve Marshal Guarnaccia mysteries. This is the second in the series.