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Portrait of Luca Ventura
Luca Ventura

Luca Ventura prefers to remain anonymous. The writer lives on the Gulf of Naples, where he is currently working on the next case in the Capri series about the islander Enrico Rizzi and his north Italian colleague Antonia Cirillo.

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Benedict Wells

»Luca Ventura writes elegant, naturalistic crime novels – appealing also to people who would not usually see themselves as crime novel fans.«

Gala, Hamburg

»Luca Ventura skilfully combines tension with Italian flair. Pure pleasure.«

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Schweizer Familie, Zurich

»Ideal for anybody who enjoys the thrill of crime without too much gore.«

Ruhr Nachrichten, Dortmund

»Ventura knows how to depict family feuds and fatal love affairs in an exciting way.«

Sabine Weichelt
Freie Presse, Chemnitz

»His crime fiction also makes wonderful holiday reading: exciting, entertaining, and intelligent.«

Volker Albers
Hamburger Abendblatt

»Luca Ventura is an elegant literary stylist who deftly narrates sun-soaked crime stories.«

Point de vue, Paris

»A crime thriller where the blue of the sea blends with the darkest depths of human nature.«

L’Alsace, Mulhouse

»A promising series with an Italian flavour. Sure to appeal to fans of well-crafted crime fiction set in a dreamlike scenery.«

Italien Magazin, Amsterdam

»The author under the pseudonym Luca Ventura captures the sun-drenched landscape of Capri and the Italian way of life like no other.«

Freundin, Munich

»For anyone who wants a summer crime novel featuring the sound of the sea, fragrant gardens and genuine Italian elegance [...].«

News

Almost 40k copies sold of In the Middle of August by Luca Ventura
Up until the middle of December, we have sold almost 40’000 copies of Luca Ventura’s In the Middle of August, the first part...
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