Viper: No Resurrection for Commissario Ricciardi
Publishing Details
Viper: No Resurrection for Commissario Ricciardi
By (Author) Maurizio Giovanni
Translated by Antony Shugaar
Europa Editions
World Noir
19th March 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
853.92
Physical Properties
352
Width 135mm, Height 210mm
Description
It is one week before Easter, 1932. At the high-class brothel known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead, suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears that when he left her she was alive and well. But when the following client arrived, he found her dead. Who killed her, and why Commissario Ricciardi has to untangle a complex knot of greed, frustration, and jealousy in order to solve the riddle of Viper's death. But his investigation is scuttled at every corner by the conflicting emotions stirring under the surface of the city.
Reviews
"Di Giovanni's slashing wit cuts deeply into his cameo portraits of the high and mighty, even as his elegant style ennobles the wrestched lives he views with such compassion." - The New York Times Sunday Book Review on Day of the Dead
"In Ricciardi, De Giovanni has created one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction, and this book is a real treat that should not be missed by crime lovers."--The Daily Beast on Blood Curse
"A wonderfully suspenseful novel in which de Giovanni restores life to the clich of the world-weary detective"--Kirkus Starred Review on The Crocodile
"A superb historical series" -The New York Times on Everyone in Their Place
Di Giovanni s slashing wit cuts deeply into his cameo portraits of the high and mighty, even as his elegant style ennobles the wrestched lives he views with such compassion. "The New York Times Sunday Book Review" "on" "Day of the Dead"
In Ricciardi, De Giovanni has created one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction, and this book is a real treat that should not be missed by crime lovers. "The Daily Beast" on Blood Curse
A wonderfully suspenseful novel in which de Giovanni restores life to the cliche of the world-weary detective " Kirkus Starred Review on "The Crocodile
A superb historical series " The New York Times "on Everyone in Their Place"
Author Bio
Maurizio de Giovanni lives and works in Naples. He is the author of five previous books in the Commissario Ricciardi series, I Will Have Vengeance, Blood Curse, Everyone in their Place, Day of the Dead, By My Hand, and the contemporary Neapolitan thriller, The Crocodile.
