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Title: Almost Blue
Author: Carlo Lucarelli
Narrator: Daniel Philpott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-29-10
Publisher: Random House AudioBooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
A serial killer is terrorising the people of Bologna, and rookie Detective Inspector Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case. She only has one witness who can identify the killer - and he is blind.
Simone spends his nights listening to Chet Baker and scanning the radio waves of the city, eavesdropping on other people's lives. He imagines what people are like - based on the 'colour' of their voice - and his acute hearing sets alarm bells ringing when he tunes in to the killer.
Together, Simone and Negro are the only people able to stop the killer, before he closes in on Simone.
From the diverse perspectives of the detective, the blind Simone and the killer, Lucarelli, master of Italian noir, weaves a gripping thriller.
Members Reviews:
A refreshing fast-paced compelling read
Meant to give 4 stars. Very Nice translation. Good Mystery.
What a delight to happen upon this Lucarelli book! Grazia Negro enters the book world of female cop detectives for English readers with this translation. This is a crime noir novel with signifigant twists from the ordinary. Besides the fast-paced complelling plot of tracking the serial killer, these pages also invite the reader into the world of Simone, a blind Bologna native, who provides the distinctive experience of seeing through a blind man's senses -unheard of in the usual crime/detective novel. The effect is poetic, lyrical, and fresh. The quality of translation is clear in that the reader also perceives the richness of the Italian experience, with just enough original Italian phrasing left by Stransky and with Lucarelli's pictoral journeys through the city to provide these nuances. Lucarelli, musician that he is, serendipidiously provides morsels of contemporary music which the xgen folks particularly will enjoy: NIN, Chet Baker, Costello and more.
Crime buffs, book-lovers who enjoy thrillers and mysteries, especially those jaded by books in those genre which seem written in canned formulas these days, will welcome this new arrival.
If Lucarelli has 10 more untranslated novels, keep them coming Ms. Stransky. An eager audience awaits.
Very talented writer
Europian crime novels are different kettle of fish. Those of us who read only American mysteries and thrillers are bound to be confused. Carlo Lucarelli is a very good example of contemporary crime writing in Europe. " Almost Blue" is a short, graphic book with dark characters and the solution that doesn't neatly wrap up every detail. It feels like a swift gust of violent wind, that surprises and terrifies you, and moves on in it's own twisted world. Great introduction to a very talented Italian writer.
interesting story line and well written
Interesting story line and well written
A very well written psychological suspense novel
In Bologna, Italy, students are being killed by a serial killer- one who assumes the identity of the murdered person. Assigned to the case is Grazia Negro, a detective. Grazia uses a blind man, Simone Martini, who listens to the city on a scanner, to try to apprehend the killer. As usual the crimes become more personal where eventually Grazia, herself, becomes a possible target.
ALMOST BLUE is a very well written psychological suspense drama. It is quite unique in its structure. Chapters or actually sections alternate with point of view between the killer's, Simone's and Grazia.