Get Free eBook Sample
Antonio Manzini is an actor, a screenwriter, a director, and the author of two murder mysteries featuring Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone. Black Run is the first of these novels to be translated into English. He lives in Italy.
Black Run (Rocco Schiavone Series #1)
eBook
$8.24
-
ISBN-13:
9780062310064
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date: 04/28/2015
- Series: Rocco Schiavone Series , #1
- Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 272
- Sales rank: 158,868
- File size: 1 MB
Available on NOOK devices and apps
Want a NOOK? Explore Now
8.24
In Stock
Already an international hit, a sly, sizzling mystery—the first in a sensational crime series—set in the Italian Alps, reminiscent of the works of Andrea Camilleri, Donna Leon, and Henning Mankell
After getting into serious trouble with the wrong people, Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone is exiled to Aosta, a small, touristy alpine town far from his beloved Rome. The sophisticated yet crotchety Roman despises mountains, snow, and the provincial locals as much as he disdains his superiors and their petty rules. But he loves solving crimes.
When a mangled body is discovered on a slope above Champoluc, Rocco immediately faces his first challenge—identifying the victim, a complex procedure complicated by his ignorance of the customs, dialect, and history of his new home. Proud and undaunted, Rocco makes his way among the ski runs, mountain huts, and aerial tramways, meeting instructors, alpine guides, the enigmatic folk of Aosta, and a few beautiful locals eager to give him a warm welcome. It won't be easy, this mountain life, especially with a corpse or two in the mix. But then there's nothing that makes Rocco feel more at home than an investigation.
An insightful observer of human nature, Antonio Manzini writes with sly humor and a dash of irony, introducing an irresistible hero—a fascinating blend of swagger, machismo, and vulnerability—in a colorful and atmospheric mystery series that is European crime fiction at its best.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
-
- The Namesake: A Commissario…
- by Conor Fitzgerald
-
- The Wings of the Sphinx…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
-
- August Heat (Inspector…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
-
- Open Grave (Ann Lindell Series…
- by Kjell ErikssonPaul Norlen
-
- Helsinki Blood (Inspector…
- by James Thompson
-
- The Frozen Dead: A Novel
- by Bernard MinierAlison Anderson
-
- A Possibility of Violence…
- by D. A. Mishani
-
- Game of Mirrors (Inspector…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
-
- The Ghost Riders of Ordebec…
- by Fred VargasSian Reynolds
-
- The Memory Key: A Commissario…
- by Conor Fitzgerald
-
- The Paper Moon (Inspector…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
-
- The Fatal Touch: A Commissario…
- by Conor Fitzgerald
-
- The Bone Seeker: An Edie…
- by M. J. McGrath
-
- The Patience of the Spider…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
-
- Deadly Harvest (Detective Kubu…
- by Michael Stanley
-
- A Carrion Death (Detective…
- by Michael Stanley
-
- Voice of the Violin (Inspector…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
-
- The Snack Thief (Inspector…
- by Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli
