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Title: A Cold Death
Subtitle: A Rocco Schiavone Mystery
Author: Antonio Manzini
Narrator: Daniel Philpott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-11-16
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Small towns can hide big secrets, but Rocco Schiavone will do whatever it takes to bring them into the light. The second novel in the internationally best-selling series from Italian crime maestro Antonio Manzini.
In an elegant apartment in a chilly Alpine town, a cleaning lady makes a gruesome discovery: the body of her employer hanging from a chandelier in a dark room in an apparent suicide.
Working the case is Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone, banished from his beloved Rome to snowy, small-town Aosta. An incurable cynic, perpetually at war with the world - and the weather - Rocco is unconvinced that Esther killed herself. Armed with his intuition and his inimitable brand of morality, he begins to hunt for a killer. But as he digs deeper into Esther's life, Rocco is increasingly troubled by personal matters: his dissatisfied girlfriend, Nora; the very vocal memory of his deceased wife, Marina; and a score that still needs settling back in Rome.
Critic Reviews:
Praise for the Rocco Schiavone Mysteries:
"At last a detective who's not haunted by personal demons or soaked in booze - but who glories in his job of solving crimes. He would not be out of place in a James Ellroy masterpiece. The tale is deftly told with sharp, cynical dialogue. Let's hear more of Schiavone." (Daily Mail)
"An Italian detective to rival Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano." (GQ)
"An arresting murder mystery." (Monocle)
"Diamond-hard crime writing...this is lacerating stuff." (Barry Forshaw, Financial Times)
Members Reviews:
Great read. Totally enjoyable!
I'm hooked to the Author as well as the characters. The reading is enjoyable. Couldn't put the darn thing down! Can't wait to read more of his work
I am unable to read this book through, because ...
I am unable to read this book through, because the editor left in two different translations side-by-side, while also leaving out passages. It's maddening to try to read it. I gave up after two chapters. I want a refund!
By the way, this is no way reflects poorly on the author.
Wonderful
Enjoyed this book very much!
Witty and very entertaining - 4+
Author Antonio Manzini has a highly likable, if irascible and profane, protagonist in Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone--a dedicated cop who has been exiled to the northwest provinces of Italy after a political confrontation in his home town of Rome. A woman's death by hanging puts Schiavone on a neatly constructed procedural that is full of satisfying zig-zags. Schiavone's personal life (complicated) is a big part of the story.
Regular readers of Italian crime novels might find the tone of "Adam's Rib" quite similar to the Inspector Montalbano stories of Andrea Camilleri. No accident as Antonio Manzini is an acknowledged student and admirer of Camilleri. If there's a significant difference in the two, besides writing experience and regional settings, it's in the edgier, more contemporary feel of Manzini's writing. His protagonist is not comfortable with his surroundings (Montalbano loves his Sicilian home town) and still lives with the ghost of his murdered wife which causes him no end of dating problems. While Montalbano needs plenty of good food to process professional problems, Schiavone smokes a morning joint to get through the day's tasks.
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Title: A Cold Death
Subtitle: A Rocco Schiavone Mystery
Author: Antonio Manzini
Narrator: Daniel Philpott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-11-16
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Small towns can hide big secrets, but Rocco Schiavone will do whatever it takes to bring them into the light. The second novel in the internationally best-selling series from Italian crime maestro Antonio Manzini.
In an elegant apartment in a chilly Alpine town, a cleaning lady makes a gruesome discovery: the body of her employer hanging from a chandelier in a dark room in an apparent suicide.
Working the case is Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone, banished from his beloved Rome to snowy, small-town Aosta. An incurable cynic, perpetually at war with the world - and the weather - Rocco is unconvinced that Esther killed herself. Armed with his intuition and his inimitable brand of morality, he begins to hunt for a killer. But as he digs deeper into Esther's life, Rocco is increasingly troubled by personal matters: his dissatisfied girlfriend, Nora; the very vocal memory of his deceased wife, Marina; and a score that still needs settling back in Rome.
Critic Reviews:
Praise for the Rocco Schiavone Mysteries:
"At last a detective who's not haunted by personal demons or soaked in booze - but who glories in his job of solving crimes. He would not be out of place in a James Ellroy masterpiece. The tale is deftly told with sharp, cynical dialogue. Let's hear more of Schiavone." (Daily Mail)
"An Italian detective to rival Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano." (GQ)
"An arresting murder mystery." (Monocle)
"Diamond-hard crime writing...this is lacerating stuff." (Barry Forshaw, Financial Times)
Members Reviews:
Great read. Totally enjoyable!
I'm hooked to the Author as well as the characters. The reading is enjoyable. Couldn't put the darn thing down! Can't wait to read more of his work
I am unable to read this book through, because ...
I am unable to read this book through, because the editor left in two different translations side-by-side, while also leaving out passages. It's maddening to try to read it. I gave up after two chapters. I want a refund!
By the way, this is no way reflects poorly on the author.
Wonderful
Enjoyed this book very much!
Witty and very entertaining - 4+
Author Antonio Manzini has a highly likable, if irascible and profane, protagonist in Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone--a dedicated cop who has been exiled to the northwest provinces of Italy after a political confrontation in his home town of Rome. A woman's death by hanging puts Schiavone on a neatly constructed procedural that is full of satisfying zig-zags. Schiavone's personal life (complicated) is a big part of the story.
Regular readers of Italian crime novels might find the tone of "Adam's Rib" quite similar to the Inspector Montalbano stories of Andrea Camilleri. No accident as Antonio Manzini is an acknowledged student and admirer of Camilleri. If there's a significant difference in the two, besides writing experience and regional settings, it's in the edgier, more contemporary feel of Manzini's writing. His protagonist is not comfortable with his surroundings (Montalbano loves his Sicilian home town) and still lives with the ghost of his murdered wife which causes him no end of dating problems. While Montalbano needs plenty of good food to process professional problems, Schiavone smokes a morning joint to get through the day's tasks.