Stephen Sartarelli
A new crime series full of Italian flavor—the first novel in the Inspector Bordelli series, set in 1960s Florence
Florence, summer 1963. Inspector Bordelli is one of the few policemen left in the deserted city. He spends his days on routine work and his nights tormented by the heat and mosquitoes.
Suddenly one night, a telephone call gives him a new sense of purpose: the suspected death of a wealthy signora. Bordelli rushes to her hilltop
...8) August heat
"Filled with interesting character sketches and the dirt of Italian street life . . . a haunting and troubling crime story" from the author of Death in August (Crime Time UK).
It is April of 1964, and the cruelest month is breeding bad weather and worse news. And plenty of disturbing news is coming to Florence detective Inspector Bordelli. Bordelli's friend, Casimiro, insists he's discovered the body of a man in a field above
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