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A compelling detective novel by the author of the bestselling The Dark Heart of Italy, Set in the murky world of the construction industry in northern Italy.
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Castagnetti, a bee-keeping private detective, is hired by a businessman to find out who set fire to his car and why. It seems like a dead-end case, nothing more than an instance of mindless vandalism. But before long the businessman is receiving threatening phone calls, his factory is burnt to the ground and an employee loses his life.
Castagnetti traces similar cases of arson across the city and realises that this sort of systematic intimidation happens when the owner's land is about to be redesignated as residential.
The last person to stand in the developers' way was whacked in Milan a year ago. Castagnetti needs to solve the case before his client, and his city, are both buried in cement.
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Format:Paperback
White Death moves at a swift pace. The prose is expressive and the characters and scenes well penned. The plot is fairly straightforward, with some nice detail on property politics and deal making, and it has a nice twist, though I found the tension a little underwhelming at times and the ending a little sudden and underdeveloped. A few more pages would have helped to round the story off a little more. Overall, a very readable book and a solid second addition to Jones' series.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is only Tobias Jones second novel featuring Italian detective Castagnetti, but already building a strong character and style. Feel that Tobias Jones has a long and strong Castagnetti series buidling up. Important in it's own right, so no point in comparing with Dibden and Aurelio Zen, they are too different. Castagnetti is young but quirky, a beekeeper, has a slight limp from earlier violence, lives in modest surroundings, but dedicates himself totally to his case. Good characters, strong plot, recommended.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Throughly enjoyed this the second outing of the "detective".
Again a crisp storyline moving at a brisk pace.
Disappointed to once again to note the failings of the Italian lecal system - a common occurence in most Italian crime fiction
Again a crisp storyline moving at a brisk pace.
Disappointed to once again to note the failings of the Italian lecal system - a common occurence in most Italian crime fiction
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