The Memory Key: An Alec Blume Novel
Fitzgerald's terse but lyrical style is perfectly suited to evoking the poisonously claustrophobic atmosphere in which Blume operates, and contributes handsomely to an excellent police procedural Irish Times Alec Blume is an inspired creation. An American who has become a commissioner in the Italian police, he's a sly, sardonic loner who gives the impression of knowing Rome better than its natives. [...] Fitzgerald is an elegant, visual writer Guardian The American-born Blume is an engaging hero who might just have to potential to fill the gap left when Michael Dibdin's death ended his Italian detective Aurelio Zen's investigations The Sunday Times I'm putting my money on Alec Blume becoming the most popular detective of the coming decade Belfast Telegraph