num_pages: 172
description: It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and Scotland Yard has dispatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crime. But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why.
language: English
title: Death of an Englishman
titlecomplete: Death of an Englishman (Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery, #1)
characters: Signor Cesarini, Marshal Guarnaccia, Chief Inspector Lowestoft, Giovanna Cipriani, Signora Cipriani, Gianpaolo Cipolla, Carabiniere Bacci, Professor Forli, Inspector Ian Jeffreys, A. Langley-Smythe, Miss E. White, Signor Cipriani
genres: Mystery, Fiction, International, Police, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Italy, Christmas, Historical Mystery
ratings_count: 1205
places: Italy, Florence, Tuscany
series: Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger
publisher: Soho Crime