Bibliograph

Death in August, Marco Vichi; [translated by Stephen Sartarelli]

Type

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Death in August, Marco Vichi; [translated by Stephen Sartarelli]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Death in August

Oclc number

755704784

Responsibility statement

Marco Vichi; [translated by Stephen Sartarelli]

Series statement

Inspector Bordelli series, bk. 1

Summary

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 villa and picks the locks. The old woman is lying on her bed--apparently killed by an asthma attack, though her medicine has been left untouched. With the help of his young protégé, the victim's eccentric brother, and a semi-retired petty thief, the inspector begins a murder investigation

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