Black Run - Tapa dura

"Manzini devotes more space to his characters than to events; and the detective story is a pretext for talking brilliantly about Italian society."--Andrea Camilleri

What keeps the reader glued to the story is Rocco. He s fascinating in his contradictions Fans of Andrea Camilleri s Sicily-set Inspector Montalbano series will enjoy this debut mystery for its sly humor, vividly drawn characters, and amusing cultural clashes between rugged mountaineers and the more urbane southerner. --Library Journal (starred review)"

Manzini devotes more space to his characters than to events; and the detective story is a pretext for talking brilliantly about Italian society. --Andrea Camilleri"

Don t miss Black Run for the excitement, suspense, and yes, horror of a fine mystery. And meet Rocco who is a man who makes and breaks his own rules. --Bookloons.com"

Written in a style both colorful and ironic, author Manzini proves himself a great storyteller. --Suspense Magazine"

Manzini s detective story is a pretext for talking brilliantly about Italian society. --Andrea Camilleri"

Arresting murder mystery. --Monocle magazine"

At last a detective who s not haunted by personal demons or soaked in booze He s a coarse, violent and engaging policeman who would not be out of place in a James Ellroy masterpiece. The tale is deftly told with sharp, cynical dialogue. Let s hear more of Schiavone. --Daily Mail (London)"

The ranks of impressive Euro Noir novelists is swelled by the gritty Antonio Manzini, whose Black Run may sport epigraphs from Schilller and Mayakovsky, but underlines its genre-credentials with a superstructure of diamond-hard crime writing..this is lacerating stuff. --Financial Times "

Forget Montalbano. Commisario Rocco Schivone is grievous, coarse, violent Wonderful, heartbreaking. -- L'Uomo Vogue"