Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series This elegant series which beganin 1981 with Death of an Englishman . . . is set in Florence a city that glowsin the Tus... » 

Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series This elegant series which beganin 1981 with Death of an Englishman . . . is set in Florence a city that glowsin the Tuscan sun. . . . His sense of estrangement accounts for Guarnacciasspecial perspective on strangers those innocents among the living and thedead.The New York Times Book Review Lean elegant prose that surpassesthe best of Simenon along with a puckish view of the Florentines fromGuarnaccias Sicilian perspective.Kirkus Reviews The richest mysteryhere however is Florence itself whose intricate politics and class structureNabb parses with precision and wit.The Washington Post Great localatmosphere and rich characterizations.Publishers Weekly A superb series.. . . A workingmans Maigret.Booklist Crime fiction at its best.TheSunday Times London Guarnaccias Florence is a delightful place tovisit.Mystery Scene Summoned by an aged woman to investigate mysteriousnoises in the vacant flat next to hers Marshal Guarnaccia discovers a dyingDutch jeweler. The old lady had known him when he was a boy growing up inFlorence. Could he have returned to the family home just to commit suicide? Orcould the man be the victim of a cunning murderer? Magdalen Nabb was bornin Lancashire. She has lived in Florence since 1975 and has written twelveMarshal Guarnaccia mysteries. This is the second in the series. «