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Maurizio de Giovanni

Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone

Cover: Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone - Maurizio de Giovanni

Maurizio de Giovanni

Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone

2019, pp. 320, Paperback
ISBN: 9781787701618
Translated by: Antony Shugaar
Region: Italy
Book collection: World Noir
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The book

Cold winds, political hijinks, and murder on the streets of Naples

A heinous, double murder in a squalid apartment on the wrong side of town pits Inspector Lojacono, Di Nardo and the rest of the motley collection of cops known as the “bastards” of the Pizzofalcone precinct against their superiors, the press, and the local political hierarchy. Only by bringing the killer to justice can they save their reputations and the department.

De Giovanni is one of the most versatile, prolific, and successful European mystery in Europe. His award-winning and bestselling novels, all set in Naples, offer a brilliant vision of the criminal underworld and the lives of the cops in Europe’s most fabled, atmospheric, dangerous, and lustful city.

The author

Maurizio de Giovanni
Maurizio de Giovanni’s Commissario Ricciardi books are bestsellers across Europe, with sales of the series approaching 1 million copies. De Giovanni is also the author of the contemporary Neapolitan thriller, The Crocodile. He lives in Naples with his family.

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