Magdalen Nabb

The Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery Series

Death of an Englishman

JACKET NOTES: Florence in December: a time for Christmas revels ...and murder.
Holiday shoppers crowd the narrow Florentine streets, pushing past the glittering gift-filled windows; patrons in a festive mood spill forth from the bars and trattorias. And in a cluttered, dirty, antique-filled apartment near the Pitti Palace lies the body of an Englishman.
A. Langley-Smythe was, on the surface, a quiet, unassuming man, but as Marshal Guarnaccia, the burly, Sicilian-born officer-in-charge, digs deeper into the case, he discovers that the Englishman led a messy life indeed--filled with unsavory friends, importunate relatives, and unseemly financial dealings. It is only on Christmas Eve that the sad truth finally, emerges...
(©Penguin Books)

Magdalen Nabb Book List
Death of an Englishman | Death of a Dutchman | Death in Springtime
Death in Autumn | The Marshal and the Murderer
The Marshal and the Madwoman | The Marshal's Own Case
The Marshal Makes His Re port | The Marshal at the Villa Torrini
The Monster of Florence | Property of Blood | Some Bitter Taste
The Innocent | Vita Nuova
The Prosecutor (Non-series w/co-author: Paolo Vagheggi)