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'Delicate, sympathetic and engaging' --The Guardian
'Grindle throws in bags of atmosphere with her loving descriptions of life in an Italy undergoing painful social upheaval' --The Independent, The Monday Book
'Lucretia Grindle's much-admired Villa Triste confronted the modern Florentine cop Pallioti with the violent legacy of wartime partisan outrages. The sequel does the same with the 1978 Red Brigades murder of Aldo Moro, cementing Grindle's USP as a craftswoman of delicate, evocative psychological thrillers' --Daily Telegraph
'Grindle throws in bags of atmosphere with her loving descriptions of life in an Italy undergoing painful social upheaval' --The Independent, The Monday Book
'Lucretia Grindle's much-admired Villa Triste confronted the modern Florentine cop Pallioti with the violent legacy of wartime partisan outrages. The sequel does the same with the 1978 Red Brigades murder of Aldo Moro, cementing Grindle's USP as a craftswoman of delicate, evocative psychological thrillers' --Daily Telegraph
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A compelling new mystery from the author of The Villa Triste
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Seventeen year-old Kristen Carson is an American student studying in Florence. When she is reported missing by her father, who has flown over from the USA to celebrate her birthday, the Italian police are not overly concerned. `She will turn up in a few days having been holed up in some hotel with a new boyfriend having an exciting time', says Alessandro Pallioti, one of Florence's most senior police officials. But Kenneth Carson is a doctor to the wealthy and famous, and knows people in high places, so reluctantly Pallioti puts his deputy Enzo Saenz onto the case.
After interviewing Kristen's flat mate alarm bells ring for Enzo, when it appears that Kristen has been dating Antonio Tomaselli, who apart from being some thirty-years older than Kristen is a member of the Red Brigades who were responsible for the kidnap and death of Aldo Moro in 1978, and the death of many others. Whilst they are still casting around trying to get a handle on situation, Anna Carson, Kristen's stepmother also goes missing.
The main narrators of the story are Enzo Saenz as he struggles to make sense of the two disappearances, and the background to the story which is told by a series of flashbacks from Anna Carson's past.
So enthralling and descriptive is the writing that I became so immersed in the story that there were occasions when I looked up from the book and was surprised to find I was in the UK, and not in Florence.
This is a thrilling and heartbreaking story of a doomed love affair, which survived for decades. The stunning climax brings with it repercussions for all parties. I urge you all not to miss this exciting and fascinating tale. I see that there are three earlier books by this author, which I now have to read.
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Lizzie Hayes
After interviewing Kristen's flat mate alarm bells ring for Enzo, when it appears that Kristen has been dating Antonio Tomaselli, who apart from being some thirty-years older than Kristen is a member of the Red Brigades who were responsible for the kidnap and death of Aldo Moro in 1978, and the death of many others. Whilst they are still casting around trying to get a handle on situation, Anna Carson, Kristen's stepmother also goes missing.
The main narrators of the story are Enzo Saenz as he struggles to make sense of the two disappearances, and the background to the story which is told by a series of flashbacks from Anna Carson's past.
So enthralling and descriptive is the writing that I became so immersed in the story that there were occasions when I looked up from the book and was surprised to find I was in the UK, and not in Florence.
This is a thrilling and heartbreaking story of a doomed love affair, which survived for decades. The stunning climax brings with it repercussions for all parties. I urge you all not to miss this exciting and fascinating tale. I see that there are three earlier books by this author, which I now have to read.
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Lizzie Hayes
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Following on from the success of 'The Villa' Triste - which was shortlisted for the CWA gold Dagger Award in 2011 - Lucretia Grindle has brought back her 'odd couple' of detectives, Allessandro Pallioti and Enzo Saenz. The pony-tailed, jeans, trainers and leather jacket wearing Saenz is the perfect foil to the older, wiser and increasingly disenchanted suit wearing Pallioti. This time it is the disappearance of a 17 year-old American girl that brings them to the crime scene. Kristen's father has friends in high places which is why Pallioti, one of Italy's most senior policeman is brought in. Kristen has been known to disappear before and at first they don't take it too seriously, until it is discovered that she was seen getting into the car of Antonio Tomaselli, a member of the Red Brigades who had been imprisoned for his part in the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro in 1978. Shortly afterwards Kristen's step-mother, Anna, also disappears and surprising results are thrown up when Pallioti delves into Anna's background. The race to save Kristen's life takes us through time and place. Gradually more is learnt about the background of Anna and Antonio from their childhood to the infamous murder. We travel from Florence to Ferrara and Rome all beautifully and evocatively described, in fact it is the creation of a sense of place that make her novels stand out from others in the crime genre. As the pieces fall into place it builds up to a powerful finale, believable and with hindsight, inevitable.
Grindle has a way of merging fact and fiction that has the effect of making you believe the fiction could really have happened. The characters are well drawn and believable, the detectives have their flaws but do not come with an excessive amount of 'baggage'. Reading 'The Villa Triste' made me aware of how little I really knew and understood about that period of Italy's history, even though the events in 'The Lost Daughter' are far more recent this novel had the same effect. I remember the kidapping and murder happening but the true nature of the Red Brigades passed me by. 'The Lost Daughter' is a crime thriller but it is also a story of doomed love, a powerful and moving novel that educates as it entertains. Comparisons have been made with Michael Dibdin and I won't argue with that.
Grindle has a way of merging fact and fiction that has the effect of making you believe the fiction could really have happened. The characters are well drawn and believable, the detectives have their flaws but do not come with an excessive amount of 'baggage'. Reading 'The Villa Triste' made me aware of how little I really knew and understood about that period of Italy's history, even though the events in 'The Lost Daughter' are far more recent this novel had the same effect. I remember the kidapping and murder happening but the true nature of the Red Brigades passed me by. 'The Lost Daughter' is a crime thriller but it is also a story of doomed love, a powerful and moving novel that educates as it entertains. Comparisons have been made with Michael Dibdin and I won't argue with that.
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Another excellent book from Venetia Grindle. What a fine writer she is.
Her penchant for 'then and now' plots works so well for her, and this kidnap case for the Florence police, with its roots lying back in the Red Brigade era, is both exciting and touching (as indeed were her previous books). Quite apart from the excitement of the investigation, and the excellent characterisations, this book is full of interesting points, for example the distinction between solitude and loneliness.
Very highly recommended indeed.
Her penchant for 'then and now' plots works so well for her, and this kidnap case for the Florence police, with its roots lying back in the Red Brigade era, is both exciting and touching (as indeed were her previous books). Quite apart from the excitement of the investigation, and the excellent characterisations, this book is full of interesting points, for example the distinction between solitude and loneliness.
Very highly recommended indeed.
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Tu Sei Mia. Per Sempre.
We are in Florence, it is January, 2010 and a seventeen-year-old American girl, Kristen Carson is in her apartment packing her case. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Susie B
Another tour de force...
I really enjoy Lucretia Grindle's writing - The Faces of Angels and The Villa Triste are two of my all-time favourites, and I was hoping this one would live up to them. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Welsh Annie
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