Started March 14th, finished March 17th
This is a new author for me. He is an ex Chief Superintendent with the Italian police. He's worked in various places but was born Sicilian and ended his career in Florence. He has worked on both the anti-mafia and flying squads.
Obviously his inner, recent knowledge of the workings of what he writes about is a big bonus. What I can't figure out is how much is him and how much is his main character, Michele Ferrera. He states that Ferrera is the man he'd like to be. I get the impression, from his writings, that neither Giuttari or Ferrera suffer from a lack of ego.
I enjoyed this book. I literally flew through the pages. I have the next two in the series and I'm looking forward to them. I'm unsure of his attitude to women. One female character was introduced with only one adjective, attractive. Another was described as beautiful but I still have no idea what she actually looked like. The men's descriptions gave a much better picture of the characters.
This is the tale of a serial killer with some nice descriptions of Florence. A little look at the Catholic church and a mafia flirtation. Pretty much what I imagine when I think of Italy.
4 out of 5 pawprints
Total so far, Books - 16, Pages - 4,751
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