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    Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone: A Bastards of Pizzofalcone Book
    Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone: A Bastards of Pizzofalcone Book
    Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone: A Bastards of Pizzofalcone Book
    Audiobook9 hours

    Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone: A Bastards of Pizzofalcone Book

    Written by Maurizio de Giovanni

    Narrated by Chris Kayser

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    About this audiobook

    Second in the contemporary Italian crime fiction series featuring Inspector Lojacono by the bestselling author of the Commissario Ricciardi novels.
    A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as “The Chinaman,” starts to investigate. Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone is the second book in a series set in contemporary Naples that draws inspiration from Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct novels and features a large cast of complicated cops doing battle with ruthless criminals. De Giovanni is one of the most dexterous and successful writers of crime fiction currently working in Europe. His award-winning and bestselling novels, all set in Naples, offer a brilliant vision of the criminal underworld and the police that battle it in Europe’s most fabled, atmospheric, dangerous, and lustful city.
    “Imagine Fellini and Chandler collaborating on a Neapolitan remake of Our Town, and that begins to give you an idea of what you’re in for with Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone. . . While de Giovanni never wavers from a world where terrible people do terrible things, motivated by selfishness, greed, and loathing (for themselves, for others, for both), he illuminates the soft underbelly of fear and loss without being manipulative.”—Los Angeles Review of Books
    “The police characters are flawed, lovable, and believable—you cannot but take to them . . . Naples comes through loud and clear in the story.”—Tripfiction

    Editor's Note

    Dark underbelly…

    In the second book of Maurizio de Giovanni’s Italian crime fiction series, Inspector Lojacano is back on duty. This time “The Chinaman” uncovers a sinister connection between two seemingly unrelated crimes: A kidnapped child and a burglary in an upscale home. The dark underbelly of Naple’s criminal network is revealed once more as Lojacano fights for justice in a complicated world of right and wrong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverand Productions
    Release dateApr 6, 2021
    ISBN9781094416229
    Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone: A Bastards of Pizzofalcone Book
    Author

    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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      My dad enjoyed this book and is now going to read another by same Auther
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      I liked it for it’s Interesting characters, social commentary, well read.