The Black Rose Of Florence
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
A strikingly beautiful young woman is found dead in her Florence apartment. She lies on her bed, naked, a black rose between her legs. And the murders do not stop there: shortly afterwards, a woman is burned to death in a church, and a man is shot on the Ponte Vecchio.
Chief Superindendent Michele Ferrara is all too familiar with the dark side of Florence. But he has never seen anything of this magnitude before - he is up against a mysterious, powerful enemy who would do anything to hide his identity, and manages to controls events at every turn.
As more violent deaths occur, Ferrara has to face the most dangerous investigation in his entire career and must confront deadly secrets from his own past . . .
Originally published in Italian as Le rose nere di Firenze.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
n Giuttari's absorbing fifth mystery featuring Chief Supt. Michele Ferrara (after Death in Calabria), Ferrara's wife shows him a threatening note she found in their mailbox that reads: "We're coming for you and your..." Ferrara suspects that the message may have stemmed from his work on the Monster of Florence case, which he was forced to abandon. Before he can pursue those suspicions, Ferrara lands a high-profile and bizarre new case: the nude, strangled corpse of 36-year-old Giovanna Innocenti, the daughter of "internationally renowned Florentine entrepreneurs," is found in her Florence apartment, handcuffed to the bed, with a "long-stemmed artificial black rose" placed between her legs. The letter and the murder prove to be connected after Ferrara's anonymous correspondent sends him another note, which states: "Soon the roses will bloom again and the hooded ones will take leave of their senses." Giuttari does a good job of fostering an atmosphere of menace, with powerful dark forces operating behind the scenes.
