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    Glass Souls: A Commissario Ricciardi Mystery

    By Maurizio de Giovanni

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    The eighth entry in Maurizio de Giovanni's internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series.

    In the abyss of a profound personal crisis, Commissario Ricciardi feels unable to open himself up to life. He has refused the love of both Enrica and Livia and the friendship of his partner, Maione. Contentment for Ricciardi proves as elusive as clues to the latest crime he has been asked to investigate.

    The beautiful, haughty Bianca, countess of Roccaspina, pleads with Ricciardi to investigate a homicide that was officially closed months ago. In the tense, charged atmosphere of 1930s Italy, where Benito Mussolini and his fascist thugs monitor the police closely, an unauthorized investigation is grounds for immediate dismissal and possible criminal charges. But Ricciardi's thirst for justice cannot be sated.

    A tightly plotted historical noir novel, this eighth installment in the Commissario Ricciardi series is a gripping meditation on revenge and justice in which each character's soul reveals itself to be made of glass.

    "The construction of Glass Souls is remarkable. It's like a very sophisticated mosaic in which each protagonist occupies precisely the right amount of space. The powerful rhythm with which the plot develops will surprise readers at every turn."
    —La Reppublica
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEuropa Editions
    Release dateJul 18, 2017
    ISBN9781609454104
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    Glass Souls: A Commissario Ricciardi Mystery
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    Maurizio de Giovanni

    Maurizio de Giovanni's Commissario Ricciardi books are bestsellers across Europe, having sold well over one million copies. De Giovanni is also the author of the contemporary Neapolitan thriller, The Crocodile (Europa, 2013), and the new contemporary Neapolitan series The Bastards of Pizzofalcone."" He lives in Naples with his family.""

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    • 3/5
      Ricciardi and Maione investigate a cold case, one in which a man has confessed to the brutal murder of a loan shark and is now in prison awaiting trial, but his wife intuits he did not do it and is covering up for someone else. What is he hiding? Why does he cling to his confession? The investigation and solution were ingenious. Ricciardi pays particular attention to answers given in the interviews to fit pieces of the puzzle together, especially those that are slips of the tongue. A particular song about a moth flying close to a flame, "Palomma 'e notte", runs all through the novel and expresses in a way Ricciardi's actions towards Livia and Enrica, not that he wants to be cruel, but he doesn't want them to get close to him and then have him hurt them. He feels his special power is an obstacle. Livia's reaction leads to a very operatic--melodramatic and unbelievable--incident involving the Fascist Intelligence.The mystery was intriguing and I liked as well the interior monologues of characters. I felt the story was spoiled at the last episode.Recommended.