Death of an Englishman (Arrow Limited Edtn Crime 4) - Tapa dura

ONE OF FICTION'S MOST SATISFYING DETECTIVES-SUPERB' THE TIMES 'Nabb peels back the tourist fa-ade of one of the world's most enchanting cities to reveal greed and lust, violence and depravity... Salvatore Guarnaccia [is] one of the most likeable sleuth to grace crime fiction... A hauntingly atmospheric tragedy' - Glasgow Herald 'A more than sparkling debut' - TLS

Introducing Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Florentine Carabinieri, a Sicilian stationed far from home. He wants to go south for Christmas to spend the holiday with his family, but he is laid up with the 'flu. At this awkward moment, the death of a retired Englishman is reported. Who has shot Mr Langley-Smythe in the back? And why has Scotland Yard felt it appropriate to send two detectives, one of whom speaks no Italian, to 'help' the marshal and his colleagues with their enquiries? Most importantly for the marshal, ever the Italian, will he be able to solve the crime sufficiently quickly for him to be able to join his family over the holiday season?