The Memory Key - Couverture souple

Fitzgerald, Conor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1620406829 ISBN 13 : 9781620406823

Editeur : Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

On a freezing November night in Rome Commissioner Alec Blume is called to the scene of a shooting.

The victim, Sofia Fontana, the sole witness to a previous shooting, had been under the questioning of Magistrate Principe, whose deteriorating health is affected by the sad fate of this attractive young woman he had become fond of.

Sidestepping protocol, Blume takes the case from Principe. His enquiries lead from a professor with a passion for the Art of Memory to a hospitalised ex-terrorist whose injuries have left her mind innocently blank, and back twenty years to a murderous train station bombing in central Italy. But Blume's disregard for authority, and refusal to kowtow to the politics endemic to the Carabinieri, look set to derail not just the investigation, but his troubled relationship with colleague Caterina Mattiola...

Revue de presse

'Alec Blume is an inspired creation. An American who has become a commissioner in the Italian police, he's a sly, sardonic loner who gives the impression of knowing Rome better than its natives. [...] Fitzgerald is an elegant, visual writer' -- Guardian

'The American-born Blume is an engaging hero who might just have to potential to fill the gap left when Michael Dibdin's death ended his Italian detective Aurelio Zen's investigations' --The Sunday Times

'I'm putting my money on Alec Blume becoming the most popular detective of the coming decade' --Belfast Telegraph

'A powerful and hugely compelling thriller. Dark, worldly and written with tremendous style and assurance' --William Boyd on The Dogs of Rome

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1620406829
• ISBN 13: 9781620406823
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible