City of Devils
Diana Bretherick
(Author)
Description
With the help of his fellow apprentice, Ottolenghi; a local investigator, Tullio; and Lombroso's beautiful but enigmatic housekeeper, Sofia; Murray must put his learning to the test and endeavor to understand the mind of a malevolent serial killer, if he is to stop the rapidly escalating bloodbath and clear the name of his mentor.
Have Lombroso's many enemies attempted to frame him? Are the notes an accusation or a challenge? And will Lombroso's own influential theories about criminal behavior hold the keys to Murray catching a cunning and ruthless killer?
Product Details
Price
$25.95
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Publish Date
July 15, 2014
Pages
458
Dimensions
6.4 X 1.5 X 9.3 inches | 1.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781605985770
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About the Author
Diana Bretherick, a former criminal defense attorney, is a lecturer in criminology and criminal law at Portsmouth University in England. She won the Good Housekeeping new novel competition last year for City of Devils.
Reviews
Bretherick, a lecturer in criminology, brings earnest zeal.
Vivid descriptions of late 19th-century Turin, so real the reader can almost smell and taste the city, enhance this enthralling debut crime novel. Readers of historical crime fiction who are interested in forensics and criminology will eat up this novel.
Dark matter, some interesting history on criminology.
A young Scotsman (I imagined Arthur Conan Doyle or Robert Louis Stevenson) travels to Italy at the cusp of the 20th century to study under a master criminologist whose controversial theories are under attack, including from a serial killer who may be taunting the teacher in this fascinating historical thriller.
Vivid evocations of Turin and the scientific milieu of the day.
Bretherick weaves together a number of strands into a complex tale that ends with a genuinely surprising revelation of the identity of the murderer. This is a historical crime novel with real originality and narrative energy.
Vivid descriptions of late 19th-century Turin, so real the reader can almost smell and taste the city, enhance this enthralling debut crime novel. Readers of historical crime fiction who are interested in forensics and criminology will eat up this novel.
Dark matter, some interesting history on criminology.
A young Scotsman (I imagined Arthur Conan Doyle or Robert Louis Stevenson) travels to Italy at the cusp of the 20th century to study under a master criminologist whose controversial theories are under attack, including from a serial killer who may be taunting the teacher in this fascinating historical thriller.
Vivid evocations of Turin and the scientific milieu of the day.
Bretherick weaves together a number of strands into a complex tale that ends with a genuinely surprising revelation of the identity of the murderer. This is a historical crime novel with real originality and narrative energy.
