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The Monster of Florence (Paperback)

by Magdalen Nabb (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099489899
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099489894
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 136,270 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"('Credible, classy and compelling, this is crime fiction at its best' Sunday Times)."


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Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florence carabinieri is first puzzled and then irritated when he is dragged into a last-ditch attempt to nail the Monster, a vicious serial killer who has ritually slaughtered seven courting couples in the most brutal of circumstances. But he is soon sucked into the horror and squalor of a multi-layered case that has confounded the authorities for over ten years. So when a case is made out against the wrong man - a monster in his own right who beats his wife and sexually abuses his daughter - who is going to admit it? Summoning the courage to speak out, the Marshal rapidly realises that no one wants to listen. It is more comfortable for everyone, even the wrongly accused man, if the blood-soaked vineyards keep their secret of what really happened on the Saturday nights of the new moon - Nabb's account of the details is freshly horrifying, as are many of the characters who people the book. "The vicious, incestuous suspect is - so vivid on the page that the reader feels the need of a shower after each of his many appearances - one of the many wonderful things about this book is the impossibility of distinguishing between fact and fiction, but that is, after all, the nature of justice in Italy." - Donna Leon in the "Sunday Times". "A haunting thriller where past and present collide, where ambition brutalises those who have most need of compassion and where lies are often more credible that truth" - Val McDermid in the "Manchester Evening News". "A brilliant detective story" - T J Binyon in the "Evening Standard".

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book from an Excellent Author, 22 Mar 2006
By Hilary Miller (KY USA) - See all my reviews
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I have read all but one of Magdalen Nabb's books, and they are all excellent. Marshal Guarnaccia is a likable and sympathetic character. The stories themselves are often quite poignant and sad, and this book is no exception. In addition, I had not realized until I finished it that the whole story is based on a series of unsolved, real-life serial killings in Florence.

I would like to correct a previous reviewer. "The Marshal Makes His Report" is a different book (published in 1991). It is definitely not the same book as "The Monster of Florence." I'm not sure where this confusion arose from, but rest assured that these are two different stories.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't live up to the genre "thriller" - Bland, 7 Jul 2009
By Louise Amkaer (Greenland) - See all my reviews
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I wasn't impressed with "The Monster of Florence" or Magdalen Nabb. One reviewer called Nabb's character, Guarnaccia melancholy and sad - I concur. He is a cup-half-empty kind of guy.

The plot is based on the actually serial killer, who held Florence in fear, but it isn't a whodunnit or a chase after the killer of lovemaking couples in the countryside. It's about the different agendas of the police and prosecutor's office. It's more about giving the impression that efforts are taken to apprehend the monster of Florence than actually carrying out any of those efforts.

I think this made the novel bland. I had to disciplin myself to get through the book. The novel lacks action and doesn't really live up to the genre "thriller".

Louise
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1.0 out of 5 stars Monster Reading, 22 Mar 2006
By Mr Tom Sutton (Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Possibly the worst book I have ever read.A complete bore.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Monster of Florence
Excellent book but buyers beware - according to the synopsis this book has also been published as 'The Marshall Makes His Report".
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