Verlag: Pushkin Vertigo, London: UK, 2016
ISBN 10: 1782271708 ISBN 13: 9781782271703
Anbieter: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, USA
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Pictorial Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. First Printing. 1st pbk pinting (originaly published in Italy in 1935). Small remaindered dot at bottom of pages else near fine copy. The first of 20 novels to feature Ins. De Vincenzi. The iconic Inspector De Vincenzi makes his debut in this classic Italian murder mystery set in 1930s Milan. When a body is discovered in a Milan apartment, Inspector De Vincenzi is on the case. The apartment happens to belong to an old university friend, Aurigiand the body turns out to be that of Aurigi's banker. The eventual discovery of a phial of prussic acid casts even more suspiscion upon the apartment's owner, leaving De Vincenzi torn between his sense of duty and his loyalty to an old comrade . . . De Angelis was an Italian novelist and journalist, most famous for his series of detective novels featuring Commissario Carlo De Vincenzi. His cultured protagonist was enormously popular in Italy, but the Fascist government of the time considered him an enemy, and during the Second World War he was imprisoned by the authorities. Shortly after his release he was beaten up by a Fascist activist and died from his injuries. Today, De Angelis is regarder by many as the Father of Italian Crime Fiction. Book.
Verlag: Pushkin Vertigo, London: UK, 2016
ISBN 10: 1782271716 ISBN 13: 9781782271710
Anbieter: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, USA
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Pictorial Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. First Printing. 1st pbk printing, remaindered stripe at bottom of pages, one crease, else near fine. Trade paperback.(Originally publisherd in Italy in 1936). The shady Hotel of the Three Roses is home to an assortment of drunks and degenerates. Inspector De Vincenzi receives an anonymous letter, warning him of an imminent outrage at the guest house. Shortly after, a macabre discovery is madea body is found hanging in the hotel's stairwell. As De Vincenzi investigates, more deaths follow, until he finally uncovers a gothic and grotesque story linking the Three Roses' unhappy residents to each other. De Angelis was an Italian novelist and journalist, most famous for his series of detective novels featuring Commissario Carlo De Vincenzi. His cultured protagonist was enormously popular in Italy, but the Fascist government of the time considered him an enemy, and during the Second World War he was imprisoned by the authorities. Shortly after his release he was beaten up by a Fascist activist and died from his injuries. Today, De Angelis is regarder by many as the Father of Italian Crime Fiction. Book.
Verlag: Pushkin Vertigo, London: UK, 2016
ISBN 10: 1782271724 ISBN 13: 9781782271727
Anbieter: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, USA
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Pictorial Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. First Printing. 1st pbk printing (originally published in Italy in 1942). Trade size paperbak. Fine. The notorious Inspector Di Vincenzi returns in this cryptic murder mystery teeming with blackmail, deceit, and revenge. Death is in the air at one of Milan's great fashion houses. As a new collection is unveiled, and the wealthy rub shoulders with the glamorous, owner Cristiana O'Brian escapes upstairs to discover the strangled body of her servant slumped on her beda single orchid by his side. When Inspector Di Vincenzi is called in to investigate, the brilliant detective is puzzled. Why is Cristiana behaving so suspiciously? And what is her estranged ex-husband doing there? As two additional corpses appear, each accompanied by an orchid, Di Vincenzi must see through dirty tricks and slippery clues in order to uncover the real killer. De Angelis was an Italian novelist and journalist, most famous for his series of detective novels featuring Commissario Carlo De Vincenzi. His cultured protagonist was enormously popular in Italy, but the Fascist government of the time considered him an enemy, and during the Second World War he was imprisoned by the authorities. Shortly after his release he was beaten up by a Fascist activist and died from his injuries. Today, De Angelis is regarder by many as the Father of Italian Crime Fiction. Book.