Author: Michael Dibdin Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Award winners, Thriller, Detective Culture: Italy
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ISBNs: 9780679768548 0679768548 |
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In this masterpiece of psychological suspense, Italian Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen is dispatched to investigate the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti, a powerful Perugian industrialist. But nobody much wants Zen to succeed: not the local authorities, who view him as an interloper, and certainly not Miletti's children, who seem content to let the head of the family languish in the hands of his abductors -- if he's still alive. Was Miletti truly the victim of professionals? Or might his kidnapper be someone closer to home: his preening son Daniele, with his million-lire wardrobe and his profitable drug business? His daughter, Cinzia, whose vapid beauty conceals a devastating secret? The perverse Silvio, or the eldest son Pietro, the unscrupulous fixer who manipulates the plots of others for his own ends? As Zen tries to unravel this rat's nest of family intrigue and official complicity, Michael Dibdin gives us one of his most accomplished thrillers, a chilling masterpiece of police procedure and psychological suspense.
This book is part of the "Aurelio Zen" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Medusa" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Back to Bologna" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "And Then You Die" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Blood Rain" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Long Finish" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cosi Fan Tutti" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead Lagoon" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cabal" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Vendetta" First published in 1990 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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