Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series:“The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb’s police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA well-known writer is found dead in the Villa Torrini near Florence without a mark of violence on her. Marsh...more

"A final reminder of why [Nabb] is irreplaceable among English-speaking novelists who write mysteries with Italian locales.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review“Nabb’s books display all the rich prose and quirky characters that Christie was famous for.”—BookPage“The world of crime fiction [is] poorer for the loss of Magdale...more

The debut of Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri, a Sicilian, stationed in Florence.It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable...more

Praise for Magdalen Nabb:"Magdalen Nabb is so good she’s awesome."—Philadelphia Inquirer"First rate. Engrossing, artful and -completely satisfying. Nabb is a fine writer."—Frank Conroy"Elegant of style and elegant of mind."—Publishers Weekly, starred"Nabb is formidable."—Houston PostAn elderly woman is found dead in her apartment. The mar...more

Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series:“This elegant series, which began in 1981 with Death of an Englishman . . . is set in Florence, a city that glows in the Tuscan sun. . . . [His] sense of estrangement accounts for Guarnaccia’s special perspective on strangers, those ‘innocents’ among the living and the dead.”—The New York Times B...more

Praise for Magdalen Nabb: "The best mystery news in ages is that Soho is restoring to the canon Magdalen Nabb and her tremendous crea-tion, Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Italian police in Florence."-Chicago Tribune "First rate. Engrossing, artful, and completely satisfying. Nabb is a fine writer."-Frank Conroy "Magdalen Nabb is so good she...more

Praise for Magdalen Nabb:"The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb's police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters."-The New York Times Book Review"Elegant in style and elegant in mind."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)The suspicious-looking suicide of the husband of the Marche...more