Italy

I've just started reading this book. It's the latest Guarnaccia story, and it's like meeting an old friend and finding you're still comfortable with each other. Can't tell you any more, as just started it. I've never been to Florence, but I can clearly visualise the villa where the murder has been committed. Outside the city I imagine. Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli gardens have already been mentioned. I'd love to see pictures.

OH no. I've just read the flyleaf at the back of the book and found out that Magdalen died last year. I'm so sad. I love her books and characters. Sincere condolences to her family.

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The setting is Rome's Centro Storico and the characters continue to develop from those we met in A Season for the Dead, The Villa of Mysteries, The Sacred Cut, The Lizard's Bite and the Seventh Sacrament. Caravaggio usually finds a place in David's books, but is a major player in this one.

One of the most unusual thrillers I've read in ages, it says on the back of the book and I couldn't agree more.