GhirlandaioS Daughter (Detective Carlo Arbati)
by John Spencer Hill
Category: Americans

"Ghirlandaio's Daughter marks the return of Detective Inspector Carlo Arbati of the Florence police force, first introduced to readers in the award-winning mystery "The Last Castrato. Arbati once again finds himself caught up in murder and the world of the arts. Arbati is vacationing in Italy where he is also being presented with a prize for his poetry at the yearly arts festival. An American tourist is killed in a freak accident; another American is mysteriously murdered in the middle of the arts festival reception. Were the two men connected, and if so, how? Arbati and his old friend, Inspector Giancarlo Bonelli, are required to untangle the web of deceit and intrigue that has baffled the local authorities, in this gripping and literate novel.