A Few Drops of Blood
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
An “atmospheric mystery” featuring a female police captain in Naples, Italy (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
When the bodies of two men are found, shockingly posed, in the garden of an elderly countess, Capt. Natalia Monte of the Carabiniere is assigned the case. Soon she finds herself shuttling between Naples’s decadent art galleries and violent criminal underworld. If she is to succeed in solving the heinous crime, Natalia must deal with not only her own complicated past and allegiances, but also those of the city as a whole.
From the author of These Dark Things and starring a detective with “one foot solidly planted in law enforcement [while] the other dangles in her old Naples neighborhood, which is awash in organized crime,” A Few Drops of Blood is “highly recommended for police-procedural and international-crime-fiction readers” (Booklist).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Weiss's terrific second mystery featuring Capt. Natalia Monte of the Naples Carabinieri (after 2011's These Dark Things) opens with a bizarre double murder the bodies of senior museum curator Vincente Lattaruzzo and gossip columnist Carlo Bagnatti are found naked in a homoerotic pose in the garden of Countess Antonella Cavazza. As Natalia digs into the associations of the victims, she uncovers a welter of relationships that illustrate the ties between the Camorra and the populace and bring into question her friendships with people like Suzanna Ruttollo, who was once married to a violent Camorra boss. The attempt to discover the truth behind the killings may compromise Natalia's integrity and force her to accept an offer from the Camorra. Memorable characters boost this atmospheric mystery redolent of the city's art, architecture, and the d tente that permits the Carabinieri and the Camorra to both operate in a state of tense and fragile peace.
