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I will have vengeance the winter of Commissario Ricciardi

Naples, March 1931: a bitter wind stalks the city streets, and murder lies at its chilled heart. As one of the world s greatest tenors, Maestro Vezzi, is found brutally murdered in his dressing room at Naples famous San Carlo Theatre, the enigmatic and aloof Commissario Ricciardi is called in to inv...

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Main Author: De Giovanni, Maurizio, 1958-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Italian
Published: New York : Europa Editions, 2012.
Subjects:
Ricciardi, Luigi Alfredo (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Singers > Fiction.
Police > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Italy
Summary: Naples, March 1931: a bitter wind stalks the city streets, and murder lies at its chilled heart. As one of the world s greatest tenors, Maestro Vezzi, is found brutally murdered in his dressing room at Naples famous San Carlo Theatre, the enigmatic and aloof Commissario Ricciardi is called in to investigate. Arrogant and bad-tempered, Vezzi was hated by many, but with the livelihoods of the opera at stake, who would have committed this callous act? Ricciardi, along with his loyal colleague, Maione, is determined to discover the truth. But Ricciardi carries his own secret: will it help him solve this murder?--Amazon.com
Physical Description: 216 p.
ISBN: 9781609450946
1609450949
Author Notes: Maurizio de Giovanni lives and works in Naples. His Commissario Ricciardi series, of which I Will Have Vengeance is the first, has quickly made him one of Italy's most popular and acclaimed crime authors. Europa Editions has published all five books in the series-- Everyone in Their Place , The Day of the Dead , I Will Have Vengeance , Blood Curse , and By My Hand --and the standalone Neapolitan thriller, The Crocodile .


Anne Milano Appel 's translation of Stefano Bortolussi's novel Head Above Water was the winner of the 2004 Northern California Book Award for Translation.

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