Death in August
By: Marco Vichi ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781445878201
Subjects: Murder; Police; Investigation; Fiction
Work titles: Commissario Bordelli
Description: "Florence, summer 1963. Everyone has left town for the holidays, and the city is deserted, hot and full of mosquitoes. Inspector Bordelli is tossing and turning in bed when a telephone call informs him of a mysterious death: a wealthy Signora has been found dead in her villa. Next to the bed lies a glass with traces of her asthma medicine, but the coroner explains a sudden asthma attack is unlikely to have been the cause of death. Bordelli sets to work. Each suspect has a solid alibi, but there is something that doesn't quite add up ..."-- Back cover.
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011.

Translated from the Italian.