Vita Nuova

by NABB, MAGDALEN

• ISBN13: 9781569475874
• ISBN10: 1569475873
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Soho Crime

Summary

"A final reminder of why [Nabb] is irreplaceable among English-speaking novelists who write mysteries with Italian locales."-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review"Nabbrs"s books display all the rich prose and quirky characters that Christie was famous for."- BookPage"The world of crime fiction [is] poorer for the loss of Magdalen Nabb."- The Boston Phoenix"Charming. . . . Lovely."- Rocky Mountain News"If you didnrs"t make it to Florence this summer, donrs"t despair. . . . Therers"s a new Marshal Guarnaccia investigation."- Chicago Tribune"Surpasses the best of Simenon."- Kirkus Reviews"There is no other series quite like the Guarnaccia stories."- The Washington Post Book WorldDaniela is a quiet single mother studying for a doctorate in chemistry. She rarely goes out, so her murder in her bedroom at the familyrs"s new villa seems inexplicable. It is true that her mother, who appears to be an alcoholic; her younger sister, who has had mental problems; and her father, who has made his money running nightclubs and is probably involved in the international sex trade, are not your average home-loving Italian nuclear family, but what can she have done to be singled out for slaughter? And why has the prosecutor asked specifically for Marshal Guarnaccia to head the investigation?This is the fourteenth book in this acclaimed series. Magdalen Nabb , who was born and educated in England, lived and wrote in Florence, where she died on August 18, 2007.

Author Biography

Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire and trained as a potter. In 1975, she left her old life behind and moved with her son to Florence, where she knew no one and even though she didn't speak any Italian, but where she fell in love with the local setting. Her Marshal Guarnaccia series, which has been translated into ten languages, was inspired by a real local marshal she befriended in the tiny pottery town of Montelupo Fiorentino. Nabb wrote children's fiction and crime novels until her death in 2007. Vita Nuova was her last novel.