Death in Florence (Inspector Bordelli) by Vichi, Marco (2013) Paperback

by Marco Vichi

Paperback

About the author

Marco Vichi was born in Florence. The author of eleven novels and two collections of short stories, he has also edited crime anthologies, written screenplays, music lyrics and for radio, and collaborated on and directed various projects for humanitarian causes. His novel Death in Florence won the Scerbanenco, Rieti and Camaiore prizes in Italy. Marco Vichi lives in the Chianti region of Tuscany.

Reviews

[DocNora · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this because I was missing Florence so much even after 3 trips in the past 10 months. Loved the 1960's setting and historical detail a lot..but the story line was gruesome and certainly not for the faint hearted. I had to skip reading the whole 'confession' because it was so horribly repellent.
Sorry, 3.5 stars for me unfortunately as he seemed to lose the plot in the middle and wander off; also for the liberal, unnecessary use of profanity, which was very 'off putting'.
I love murder mysteries and have read over 40 Agatha Christie's over the years, Patricia Wentworth, Dorothy L sayers, lesser known authors in the British crime classics series...the best thing about all the aforementioned being that they were often written in beautiful prose, didn't contain anything inducing outright revulsion or profane language. The golden age British crime writers will always be the best.

Having said that, I already bought the other available English translations of Vichi's Bordelli books, on the strength of their Italian background and 60's setting alone, so will probably read them anyway. Hope there is an improvement as far as these aspects are concerned in the rest!

[Mia Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have never been more in love with a fictional character than I am with Inspector Bordelli