A Death In Calabria

I kept putting this down and going back to. a good read at times as it could become rather confusing in places.......more

Having read all three previous titles in this series, unfortunately I did not enjoy this book. It was a sizeable step backwards for the author who had been making gradual progress since his debut. The main character of these novels doesn't appear until a third of the way through, and didn't add anyt......more

After the previous Giuttari bovels, this is really quite weak, but there's enough to keep you reading. The usual main character is a minor part of this, there are many other officials who blend into each other (the Americans Dick and Rusty are clichés) and desciptions of the people are often basic o......more

Well that was a bit complicated ! Had to resort to writing all the names, ranks, country, on a list to sort everyone out ! It was enjoyable though especially the descriptions of San Piero d'Aspromonte and interesting to read about the Calabrian honour system. A good read whilst nursing a rotten cold......more

Disappointing! Obviously as an Italian crime writer, he has a message to put over about the Mafia but somewhere (perhaps in the translation), I lost the point. It seems to jump about and there was an awful lot of detectives, American and Italian,' in charge'. I eventually did not know who the main c......more