A Quiet Death in Italy

Name: A Quiet Death in Italy
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.7 (73 reviews)
Author: Tom Benjamin
ISBN: 9781405543552

Author: Tom Benjamin

Series: Daniel Leicester #1

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 11/07/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Private Investigators, Suspense & Thriller, Political, Crime

Synopsis

'The locale is brought to life . . . the plot keeps you guessing' The Times

Bologna: city of secrets, suspicion . . . and murder

When the body of a radical protestor is found floating in one of Bologna's underground canals, it seems that most of the city is ready to blame the usual suspects: the police.

But when private investigator Daniel Leicester, son-in-law to the former chief of police, receives a call from the dead man's lover, he follows a trail that begins in the 1970s and leads all the way to the rotten heart of the present-day political establishment.

Beneath the beauty of the city, Bologna has a dark underside, and English detective Daniel must unravel a web of secrets, deceit and corruption - before he is caught in it himself.

A dark and atmospheric crime thriller set in the beautiful Italian city of Bologna, perfect for fans of Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin and Philip Gwynne Jones.

About Tom Benjamin

Tom Benjamin grew up in the suburbs of north London and began his working life as a journalist before becoming a spokesman for Scotland Yard. He later moved into public health, where he developed Britain's first national campaign against alcohol abuse, Know Your Limits, and led drugs awareness programme FRANK. He now lives in Bologna.A Quiet Death in Italy is the first novel in his Daniel Leicester crime series.Find Tom on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook at tombenjaminsays.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mara on January 30, 2021

All reviews are about the reader, not the book. Some more than others. Cautions apply when reading what follows.. :) 3.5 A Quiet Death in Italy left me speechless, disconcerted and somewhat appalled. “Is this the way we appear? Is this all we are? He did understand zero, nil... or How does he dare?” T......more

Goodreads review by Tripfiction on May 25, 2020

Murder mystery set in BOLOGNA Catch our You Tube review: [URL not allowed] Bologna never seems to get a real look-in on the tourist trail around Italy. People travel through on the high speed trains to Florence, Pisa, Rome and further South and often don’t give a second glance to this rathe......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 30, 2023

Made me feel like i was in Bologna - loved it......more

Goodreads review by Louise on October 06, 2020

A very assured debut which reminds me of some of the excellent crime novels of the past. Daniel Leicester is a well drawn, likeable character who will garner many fans I'm sure. Full of political intrigue and corruption, it is a uniquely an Italian tale. The author also brings in the history, geogra......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on April 12, 2020

I would like to thank Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for an advance copy of A Quiet Death in Italy, the first novel set in Bologna to feature PI Daniel Leicester. The Mayor’s wife, Marta Finzi, asks Daniel and his father-in-law to investigate the death of her lover, left wing activist Paol......more

Quotes

The locale is brought to life, the characters come formed by their environment and history, and the plot keeps you guessing - even when you think you know what's coming. Promising start to a Bologna-set series The Times

Benjamin gloriously evokes the porticoes and palazzos of the medieval city, along with its radical tradition and the corruption in the police, in a slow-burning, tense and brooding thriller which boasts the atmosphere and attention to detail that could only spring from a genuine love of the location The Herald Scotland

A gritty page-turner . . . an absorbing read Italia!