Death and the Olive Grove, Marco Vichi
Death and the Olive Grove, Marco Vichi
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Synopsis

The second novel in the Inspector Bordelli series set in 1960s Florence - the detective must race to unmask a particularly brutal killer.

April 1964, but spring hasn't quite sprung. The bad weather seems suited to nothing but bad news. And bad news is coming to the police station.

First, Bordelli's friend Casimiro, who insists he's discovered the body of a man in a field above Fiesole. Bordelli races to the scene, but doesn't find any sign of a corpse.

Only a couple of days later, a little girl is found at Villa Ventaglio. She has been strangled, and there is a horrible bite mark on her belly. Then another little girl is found murdered, with the same macabre signature.

And meanwhile Casimiro has disappeared without a trace.

The investigation marks the start of one of the darkest periods of Bordelli's life: a nightmare without end, as black as the sky above Florence.

(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Marco Vichi

Marco Vichi was born in Florence in 1957. The author of twelve novels and two collections of short stories, he has also edited crime anthologies, written screenplays, music lyrics and for radio, and collaborated on and directed various projects for humanitarian causes.His novel Death in Florence won the Scerbanenco, Rieti, Camaiore and Azzeccagarbugli prizes in Italy. Marco Vichi lives in the Chianti region of Tuscany.You can find out more at www.marcovichi.it.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mosco

se il precedente Bordelli mi ha lasciata sospesa fra le 3 e le 4 stelline, questo si guadagna a le 3 stiracchiate. Il protagonista è sempre simpatico ma la storia, anzi le 2 storie che si riuniscono alla fine convincono poco: nazisti, Wiesenthal, maniaci, donne fatali, Auschwitz, patrigni ingombrant......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

Considering the terrible nature of the crimes committed in this book, Death and the Olive Grove, the second installment of this series, actually reads on the lighter side of the genre. Vichi's Inspector Bordelli novels are set in Florence in the 1960s. The main character is a former member of a some......more

Goodreads review by Raven

Yes I know I have a gazillion books to read and review, but couldn’t resist reading this, having thoroughly enjoyed Vichi’s debut ‘Death In August’ featuring the wonderfully curmudgeonly Inspector Bordelli and I’m pleased to say that this is the equal of, or indeed even better, than the first book.......more

Goodreads review by Padmin

Descrizione Ancora un caso per il commissario Bordelli, e questa volta è davvero una brutta faccenda. Siamo nell’aprile del ’64, ma la primavera proprio non si decide ad arrivare. Firenze è coperta da un cielo grigio e umido, un cielo triste che non preannuncia niente di buono. Così come niente di bu......more