Murder in Chianti

Murder in Chianti
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781641291798
ISBN-13 : 1641291796
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder in Chianti by : Camilla Trinchieri

Set in the heart of Tuscan wine country, Camilla Trinchieri's new mystery introduces Nico Doyle, a former NYPD homicide detective who's just looking for space to grieve when he finds himself pulled into a local murder investigation. Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the winesoaked region of Chianti. Half Italian and half Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita’s relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn’t sure if it’s peace he’s seeking, but it isn’t what he finds. Early one morning, he hears a gunshot and a dog's cries near his new home and walks out to discover a dead body in the woods, flashily dressed in gold tennis shoes. When the police arrive, Nico hastily adopts the fluffy white dog as his own and wants nothing more to do with the murder. But Salvatore Perillo, the local maresciallo, discovers Nico's professional background and enlists him to help with the case. It turns out more than one person in this idyllic corner of Italy knew the victim, and with a very small pool of suspects, including his own in-laws, Nico must dig up Gravigna’s every last painful secret to get to the truth.

The Bitter Taste of Murder

The Bitter Taste of Murder
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9781641292849
ISBN-13 : 1641292849
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bitter Taste of Murder by : Camilla Trinchieri

The follow-up to Murder in Chianti finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorities to investigate the murder of a prominent wine critic. One year after moving to his late wife’s Tuscan hometown of Gravigna, ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle has fully settled into Italian country life, helping to serve and test recipes at his in-laws’ restaurant. But the town is shaken by the arrival of wine critic Michele Mantelli in his flashy Jaguar. Mantelli holds his influential culinary magazine and blog over Gravigna’s vintners and restaurateurs. Some of Gravigna's residents are impressed by his reputation, while others are enraged—especially Nico's landlord, whose vineyards Mantelli seems intent of ruining. Needless to say, Mantelli’s lavish, larger-than-life, and often vindictive personality has made him many enemies, and when he is poisoned, the local maresciallo, Perillo, has a headache of a high-profile murder on his hands—and once again turns to Nico for help.

Murder in Chianti

Murder in Chianti
Author :
Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 314
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781641291804
ISBN-13 : 164129180X
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder in Chianti by : Camilla Trinchieri

Set in the heart of Tuscan wine country, Camilla Trinchieri's new mystery introduces Nico Doyle, a former NYPD homicide detective who's just looking for space to grieve when he finds himself pulled into a local murder investigation. Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the winesoaked region of Chianti. Half Italian and half Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita’s relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn’t sure if it’s peace he’s seeking, but it isn’t what he finds. Early one morning, he hears a gunshot and a dog's cries near his new home and walks out to discover a dead body in the woods, flashily dressed in gold tennis shoes. When the police arrive, Nico hastily adopts the fluffy white dog as his own and wants nothing more to do with the murder. But Salvatore Perillo, the local maresciallo, discovers Nico's professional background and enlists him to help with the case. It turns out more than one person in this idyllic corner of Italy knew the victim, and with a very small pool of suspects, including his own in-laws, Nico must dig up Gravigna’s every last painful secret to get to the truth.

Murder on the Vine

Murder on the Vine
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 337
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781641293679
ISBN-13 : 1641293675
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder on the Vine by : Camilla Trinchieri

Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle investigates the murder of a local bartender in the Tuscan countryside. On a late October Sunday morning in Gravigna, local maresciallo Perillo is having breakfast with ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle when he is called back to the station in Greve. Laura Benati, the young manager of Hotel Bella Vista, is worried—her bartender and good friend eighty-year-old Cesare Costanzi has been missing for three days. The next morning, Jimmy, co-owner of Bar All’Angolo, Gravigna’s local café, where Nico is a frequent patron, runs out of gas on his way back from Florence. When Nico meets him to help, Nico’s dog, OneWag, reacts to the smell coming from Jimmy’s trunk. Inside Nico finds a body wrapped in plastic: Cesare Costanzi, stabbed several times in the chest. Why would anyone kill Cesare, and how did he end up in Jimmy’s car? That’s for Nico to find out, as Perillo once again turns to Nico for help with the investigation.

A Bespoke Murder

A Bespoke Murder
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Publisher : Allison & Busby
Total Pages : 262
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780749040000
ISBN-13 : 0749040009
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis A Bespoke Murder by : Edward Marston

May 1915. As zeppelin bombs fall on London and with the sinking of the Lusitania, anti-German hysteria reaches fever pitch and attacks on German immigrants surge. Not even the West End of London is immune. Jacob Stein's bespoke tailoring business comes under brutal attack, leaving his safe ransacked, his daughter, Ruth, raped and Jacob dead. Inspector Harvey Marmion is detailed to the case and faces an uphill struggle to track down the perpetrators, even up to the chaos of the Front Line. But was the murder as opportunistic as it first appears, or did someone with a deadly grudge plan the attack?

Death in Springtime

Death in Springtime
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9781569474150
ISBN-13 : 156947415X
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Death in Springtime by : Magdalen Nabb

Italian law forbids paying ransom to criminals, and Marshal Guarnaccia must find the missing girl before her kidnappers decide to end her life. Two foreign girls are abducted from a Florence piazza in broad daylight. The unusual March snowfall has distracted everyone, even the marshal, who is unsure of what he has actually witnessed. One of the girls turns up in a village in the Chianti, claiming the kidnappers have released her to propose a ransom for the other victim. But the marshal thinks she’s lying.

The Price of Silence

The Price of Silence
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : 9781569474587
ISBN-13 : 1569474583
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Price of Silence by : Camilla Trinchieri

As Emma Perotti's trial for murder begins, her family recalls how young An-ling Huang walked into her ESL class and her family's life, dredging up memories of the daughter they lost years ago. Now Ang-ling is dead. What happened? Born in Prague to an Italian diplomat father and an American mother, Camilla Trinchieri went to the US aged 12 and returned to Italy after graduating from Barnard College. As Trella Crispy and Camilla T. Crespi she has published seven mysteries.

Doctors Who Kill

Doctors Who Kill
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Publisher : Allison & Busby
Total Pages : 301
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780749010072
ISBN-13 : 074901007X
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Doctors Who Kill by : Carol Anne Davis

From Beverley Allitt, the attention-seeking nurse who preyed on the children in her care, to the infamous Dr Harold Shipman, who was responsible for the deaths of at least 218 of his patients, history has been littered with examples of healers who have done anything but. In a comprehensive study of violent crimes perpetrated by health care professionals, Davis offers valuable insights into 34 case studies involving doctors and nurses who have crossed the line from healer to killer. These in depth analyses include interviews with experts in the fields of mental health and criminology.

Children Who Kill

Children Who Kill
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Publisher : Allison & Busby
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9780749016234
ISBN-13 : 074901623X
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Children Who Kill by : Carol Anne Davis

Why would two young boys abduct, torture and kill a toddler? What makes a teenage girl plot with her classmates to kill her own father? Society regards children as harmless - but for some the age of innocence is shortlived, messy and ultimately murderous.Mary Bell, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are infamous for their crimes against other children, but many of the less familiar studies here are equally as shocking. Thirteen murderers - the youngest only ten - used fire, poison, bullets and strangulation on victims from infants to pensioners. In a comprehensive study of juvenile homicide, Carol Anne Davis offers new psychological insights and a hard-hitting look at the role of society in an area too shocking to ignore.

The Murder of Mary Russell

The Murder of Mary Russell
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780804177900
ISBN-13 : 0804177902
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Murder of Mary Russell by : Laurie R. King

Mary Russell is well used to dark secrets - her own, and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond. But what of the other person Mary Russell has opened her heart to, that third member of the Holmes household: Mrs Hudson? Russell has come to love - and trust - the long-time housekeeper like the mother she lost so long ago.