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It could not have been a more inconvenient moment for murder. Florence was alive with Christmas shoppers, half the Carabinieri were already on leave – and the Marshal was suffering acutely from flu. That left the enthusiastic, but inexperienced Bacci to deal with the murder of a seemingly respectable Englishman abroad. And to cope with the two Scotland Yard detectives who arrived to help the Italians out. But even from his sickbed, the Marshal manages to keep a firm, but friendly eye on things – and produce the winning hand in the game.
Magdalen Nabb’s debut novel is a really enjoyable affair, with a superb sense of place.
