The Monster of Florence

I'm afraid this was a rather disappointing read. I had read Magdalen Nabb's Death of an Englishman two years ago and found it to be a very pleasant read. Nabb is very strong on her descriptions of Italy and her characterizations. My quibble on the first book was that Marshal Guarnaccia spent most of......more

This is the first book that I have read by Magdalen Nabb. Unlike a lot of crime novels, her protagonist is not a genius with an exaggerated sense of self-worth. He displays his intelligence by thorough, tenacious - if sometimes plodding - police work. Like a lot of people whose success is based on t......more

Based upon the true story of Florence's notorious serial killer, responsible for killing either 14 or 16 (it's confusing) people between 1974 and 1985, I really wanted to love this book. The killer was a kind of "Son of Sam", who targeted lovers in cars in a wooded area outside Florence. The blurbs......more

Marshal Guarnaccia is assigned to a special group to find evidence to convict the Suspect. This man is accused of being the infamous “Monster of Florence,” who brutally executed couples in remote locales during the 1960s and 1980s. Guarnaccia and Ferrini delve into the case together, uncovering a ma......more

A cold case of serial murders is wrapped around very sordid familial crimes (abuse, murder), connected by a gun. An ambitious and unscrupulous prosecutor reopens the murder cases with a fall guy to frame. The Marshal is put on the investigation as a make weight because the prosecutor thinks he’s med......more