Blood Curse : : the Springtime of Commissario Ricciardi
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Translation of : Condanna del sangue.
"Naples, 1931. In a working class apartment in the Sanita' neighborhood an elderly woman by the name of Carmela Calise has been beaten to death. When Ricciardi and Maione arrive at the scene they start asking the neighbors questions. No one wants to talk but slowly a few interesting facts slip out. Carmela Calise was moonlighting as a fortuneteller and moneylender. In her decrepit apartment she would receive clients, among them some of the city's rich and powerful, predicting their futures in such a way as to manipulate and deceive. If economic ruin lurked in their futures, Calise was happy to help. For a price, of course. She had many enemies, those indebted to her, manipulated by her lies, disappointed by her prophesies or destroyed by her machinations. Murder suspects in this atmospheric thriller abound and Commissario Ricciardi, one of the most original and intriguing investigators in contemporary crime fiction, will have his work cut out for him"--Book jacket.
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World noir.
PUBLISHED
New York : Europa Editions, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 343 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1609451139
9781609451134
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Shugaar, Antony.
SUBJECTS
Ricciardi, Commissario (Fictitious character)
Fortune-tellers -- Fiction.
Police -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Naples (Italy) -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.