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The Crocodile (Paperback)
Series: World Noir
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This is Naples as you've never seen it before. A chaotic, shadowy
city full of ominous echoes and dark alleyways where each
inhabitant seems too absorbed by his or her own problems to give a
damn about anybody else. And that is exactly what makes it possible
for a cold, methodical killer to commit his atrocious crimes
largely undisturbed, to merge with the crowd as if he were
invisible. The newspapers call him "The Crocodile" because, like a
crocodile, when he devours his own children, he cries. And like a
crocodile he is a perfect killing machine: he waits and watches
until his prey is within range, and then he strikes.
Three young people with very diverse backgrounds have been found
murdered in three different neighborhoods, each shot with a single
bullet, execution style. While his colleagues see little or no
connection, Inspector Giuseppe Lojacono, smells a rat. He is driven
by his instincts and his own troubled recent history. He has just
been transferred to Naples from Sicily where a
Mafioso-turned-informant accused him of leaking sensitive
information to the mob. Once an estimated member of the mobile unit
of the Agrigento police force, Lojacono has lost everything, first
and foremost the love of his wife and daughter. But now he's been
given a second chance and a shot at clearing his name. A young
magistrate, the beautiful Laura Piras, wants him in Naples. She's
heard of his preternatural skills and his incredible powers of
observation and she thinks a man like him is needed in Naples. So
it is that Inspector Lojacono is charged with finding the link
between the three dead bodies. At the root of these murders, he
will discover, is a pain that still burns, a sense of guilt than
cannot be purged, and one all-consuming love.
General
Imprint: |
Europa Editions
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
World Noir |
Release date: |
July 2013 |
First published: |
July 2013 |
Authors: |
Maurizio De Giovanni
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Dimensions: |
208 x 132 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60945-119-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
1-60945-119-8 |
Barcode: |
9781609451196 |
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