Magdalen Nabb

The Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery Series

Vita Nuova

Book Description: Daniela is a quiet single mother studying for a doctorate in chemistry. She rarely goes out, so her murder in her bedroom at the family's new villa seems inexplicable. It is true that her mother, who appears to be an alcoholic; her younger sister, who has had mental problems; and her father, who has made his money running nightclubs and is probably involved in the international sex trade, are not your average home-loving Italian nuclear family, but what can she have done to be singled out for slaughter? And why has the prosecutor asked specifically for Marshal Guarnaccia to head the investigation?

This is the fourteenth book in this acclaimed series. Magdalen Nabb, who was born and educated in England, lived and wrote in Florence, where she died on August 18, 2007.
(© Soho Crime)

Synopsis: When Marshal Guarnaccia is called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman, Guarnaccia is convinced that there's more to her family than meets the eye, and wonders if the girl's father, Paoletti, might have had something to do with her death...Enlisting the help of a local journalist, Marshal Guarnaccia's investigations draw him into the seedy underworld of Florence - lap dancing, prostitution and the illegal, human trafficking of Eastern European women who are sold into the sex trade. But can he save these women before it's too late and what do they have to do with the killing of Daniela Paoletti? Distracted by the plight of these women and the murder investigation, Guarnaccia forgets about his own personal problems but it's not long before he has choices to make - should he seek help and risk exposing himself and possibly losing his job, or should he go it alone?
(© Willian Heinemann)

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)