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Magdalen Nabb | Vita Nuova | English Title: Vita Nuova<br>Novel, 336 Pages

Novel, Hardcover
336 Pages
Published in April 2008

ISBN 978-3-257-06641-8

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Magdalen Nabb
Vita Nuova

Guarnaccia is called in to handle a murder outside Florence. Signor Paoletti lives in an ostentatiously renovated country estate with his wife, two daughters, his illegitimate grandchild and two household staff members. The oldest daughter, Silvana, has been brutally murdered. For Paoletti, it is clear that it is a case of murder and robbery, but Guarnaccia notices that the details do not match up. With the help of the tabloid journalist Nesti, who still owes him a couple of favours, Guarnaccia finds out that Paoletti owes his fortune to a brief but highly lucrative career as a pimp. This puts Guarnaccia on the alert, of course, because Paoletti is now running a temporary job agency, which imports cheap labour from central and eastern Europe. On the surface, everything is correct: All of the placed cleaning women, gardeners and au pairs have valid passports and visas. But there is something else going on, and this looks entirely different. The case takes such dramatic turns that Guarnaccia submits his resignation from the police force for the first time in his career – to protect himself and his family.

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»Fascinating. Superb.«The Times

»Completely original. Wonderfully satisfying.«Observer

»A perfect example of crime-and-pleasure.«Spectator

»We are going to miss him, this pasta-eating Italian with his dark glasses, who is sensitive to sunlight. Him as well as his marvelous descriptions of Florentine everyday life, which make Nabb's novels even more of a pleasure to read. Unnecessary to mention that the cases of Maresciallo Guarnaccia at the same time are fantastic crime stories. This, of course, is also true for his last case.«Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

»It takes a writer as good as Magdalen Nabb to remind us how subtle the art of mystery can be... Nabb has Simenon’s knack.«The New York Times Book Review

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