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Michael Dibdin (1947–2007)

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Om författaren

Michael Dibdin is the author of thirteen previous novels. A native of England, he now lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, the mystery writer Katherine Beck. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Verk av Michael Dibdin

Råttkungen (1988) 978 exemplar
Dödens lagun : en thriller (1994) 832 exemplar
Vendetta (1990) 718 exemplar
Kabal : [en thriller] (1992) 688 exemplar
Così Fan Tutti (1996) 657 exemplar
En lång avslutning (1998) 617 exemplar
Blood Rain (1999) 609 exemplar
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978) 543 exemplar
Medusa (2003) 514 exemplar
And Then You Die (2002) 479 exemplar
Back to Bologna (2005) 473 exemplar
Dirty Tricks (1991) 285 exemplar
Dark Spectre (1995) 265 exemplar
A Rich Full Death (1986) 248 exemplar
The Dying of the Light (1993) 224 exemplar
Thanksgiving (2000) 177 exemplar
The Tryst (1989) 145 exemplar
Zen Omnibus (1998) 64 exemplar
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Redaktör — 33 exemplar
Zen [2011 TV series] (2011) 29 exemplar
Lover Pie 1 exemplar
The Vine (2002) 1 exemplar
Zen: Cabal [DVD] 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

Attentat (1955) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor3,257 exemplar
Time Out Rome (1994) — Inledning — 109 exemplar
Granta 39: The Body (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 105 exemplar
Best Short Stories 1991 (1991) — Bidragsgivare — 15 exemplar
New Writing 7 (1998) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
A Long Finish | Circles of Confusion | Taking Lives (2000) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar

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007 (61) 1900-talet (97) Aurelio Zen (358) bokserie (132) Bond (80) brittisk (86) brott (708) deckare (209) deckargåta (1,232) deckargåtor (37) detektivroman (74) e-bok (90) engelsk litteratur (55) engelsk/engelska (71) England (45) Ian Fleming (40) Italien (858) James Bond (330) Kindle (75) kriminallitteratur (455) litteratur (62) läst (133) Michael Dibdin (41) mord (63) oläst (37) pocketbok (38) polisroman (96) resor (38) Rom (76) roman (250) Sherlock Holmes (73) ska läsas (253) skönlitteratur (1,404) spion (193) spionage (188) spionroman (54) thriller (331) Venedig (74) zen (89) äventyr (70)

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Do you like wine or truffles? This is a murder mystery centered around both delicacies in Alba, a small hill town in northern Italy. Aurelio Zen has been sent from the big city of Rome to aid in an unusual case. Instead of finding the real killer, he is to clear the name of a winemaker accused of (and jailed for) killing his father. Only when Zen gets to Alba, the murder case of Also Vincenzo is "solved" without his contribution or nosey interference. Strange. When the authorities try to rush him out of town he grows even more suspicious and decides to stick around. The town intrigues him and he is no hurry to leave. It becomes even more mysterious when subsequently two more people die. One by suicide and one by accident...or so it seems.
The more I read about Zen the more I remembered his character from Cosi Fan Tutti. He is still a very complicated man. He is prone to sleepwalking to the point of serious injury. When he starts receiving strange calls he doesn't know about phone devices that can disguise voices. As a police officer, this detail surprised me. He has the ability to become unglued at a moment's notice. An act or truth, I could not tell. He might have fathered a child out of wedlock. He doesn't always have the best intentions but other times he will surprise you.
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SeriousGrace | 8 andra recensioner | Mar 18, 2024 |
1855 in Florence, Italy –
An area nicked-named “paradise of exiles” is currently dealing with an unusually high number of deaths. Six murders in the expat neighbourhood with no solutions.

The story is told in the form of letters from one Robert Booth, from America, to his friend Professor Prescott.

Booth has managed to get accepted into the social circle of Robert Browning (yes, the poet) and is considered a friend by Browning. When Browning takes it upon himself to investigate the first murder, Booth partners to help.

The first murder victim is a woman Booth was deeply in love with sometime back, so he feels he should help Browning. Five more murders occur and the investigations continue.

The plot is a bit tricky to follow, but reading it you feel you are back in that period. Characters, descriptions and events are well written. Great for readers who enjoy period writings of this era.

The solution is a read head turner!
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ChazziFrazz | 9 andra recensioner | Sep 2, 2023 |
Venice, crime, police, good read.
 
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mykl-s | 26 andra recensioner | Mar 2, 2023 |
Otoño de 1888. Las crónicas periodísticas registran detalles estremecedores sobre los crímenes ocurridos en el East End de Londres. Tres mujeres, pobres, jóvenes de moral dudosa, han aparecido apuñaladas en las calles de Whitechapel. El asesino se ha encarnizado con los cuerpos, mutilándolos salvajemente. Para colmo, se permite el lujo de enviar notas burlonas al Yard firmadas como Jack el Destripador. Sólo un hombre del genio de Sherlock Holmes es capaz de resolver estos crímenes espeluznantes y de enfrentarse a un monstruo lleno de sadismo y dotado de una inteligencia devastadora.… (mer)
 
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Natt90 | 16 andra recensioner | Dec 8, 2022 |

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Statistik

Verk
27
Även av
10
Medlemmar
9,061
Popularitet
#2,652
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
245
ISBN
463
Språk
15
Favoritmärkt
20

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