Product Description
Naples, March 1931: a bitter winter is gripping the city and the equally chilling murder of the great tenor Arnaldo Vezzi has shocked it. He was known throughout the world, and was a friend of Mussolini, but coy Commissario Ricciardi, reserved and abrupt, is investigating. Ricciardi has a secret: since he was a child he has been able to see dead people, but only those who died a violent death. He visualizes them in their final moments and though the Fact , as he calls it, helps him in his investigations, it makes him a difficult and sad person to be with.
About the Author
Maurizio de Giovanni lives and works in Naples. In 2005, he won a writing competition for unpublished authors with a short story set in the thirties about Commissario Ricciardi, which was then turned into the first novel of the series. The last book in the series has been shortlisted for the Premio Scerbanenco and has won the Premio Camaiore. His books have been successfully translated into French, Spanish and German, and are now available in English for the first time. He is a staunch supporter of SSC Napoli.