A body is discovered in a Milan apartment, and Inspector De Vincenzi investigates. The apartment happens to belong to and old university friend of his, Aurigi. When the body turns out to be that of Aurigi's banker, and a phial of prussic acid is discovered in the bathroom, suspicion falls on the apartment's owner, and De Vincenzi is agonisingly torn between his sense of duty and his loyalty to an old comrade... This intensely dramatic mystery from the father of the Italian crime novel, Augusto de Angelis, is the first to feature his most famous creation--Inspector De Vincenzi.

The Murdered Banker (Pushkin Vertigo)

Literature & Fiction

De Angelis, Augusto

Genre Fiction

Pushkin Vertigo

The shady Hotel of the Three Roses is home to an assortment of drunks and degenerates. Inspector De Vincenzi receives an anonymous letter, warning him of an imminent outrage at the guest house, and shortly after a macabre discovery is made--a body is found hanging in the hotel's stairwell. As De Vincenzi investigates, more deaths follow, until he finally uncovers a gothic and grotesque story linking the Three Roses' unhappy residents to each other. This intensely dramatic mystery from the father of the Italian crime novel, Augusto de Angelis, features his most famous creation--Inspector De Vincenzi.

The Hotel of the Three Roses (Pushkin Vertigo)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Who could have imagined that, among the wooden mannequins of the O'Brian fashion house, a man's body would lie? After The Hotel of the Three Roses, here are three more flowers for Inspector De Vincenzi: orchids, each one announcing a grisly murder. This is a tour de force murder mystery from the father of the Italian crime novel.

The Mystery of the Three Orchids (Pushkin Vertigo)

Tightly plotted, engaging and atmospheric, this classic from the inventor of the Italian "Whydunit" will keep you guessing until the last page.When the clerk arrived to unlock the bookstore on Via Corridoni, the last thing he expected to find inside was a dead Senator. . . Now Inspector De Vincenzi has been assigned the case and the only clue is a missing copy of a rare book, La Zaffetta, taken from the room where the Senator lies dead. As the bodies begin to pile up, supernatural forces seem to be at work. But it was no spirit that put a lead slug in the back of Senator Magni's head.Available for the first time in English, Inspector De Vincenzi is immensely popular in Italy, the protagonist of several best-selling novels as well as two Italian television series.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Augusto De Angelis, born in Rome in 1888, was an accomplished author and respected journalist, publishing over 25 books in his lifetime which included works on history, the theater and current events. But he is most acclaimed for the creation of Inspector De Vincenzi, the first "true" Italian fictional detective and still one of the most popular, a character "as humane as Maigret, as romantic as Marlowe, as intellectual as Philo Vance, yet stubbornly Italian." His writings - especially his mystery novels - were extremely unpopular with Mussolini's regime. De Angelis was beaten to death by fascists in 1944.

Death in a Bookstore: An Inspector De Vincenzi Mystery

Kazabo Publishing

La barchetta di cristallo

Sellerio Editore Palermo