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WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER

âTremendously exciting.â RUTH RENDELL
âEnergetic and genre-stretching.â GUARDIAN

AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY

Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before â" and lost. But from the depths of a mundane desk job in Rome he is unexpectedly transferred to Perugia to take over an explosive kidnapping case involving one of Italy''s most powerful families.

But nobody much wants Zen to succeed: not the local authorities, who view him as an interloper, and certainly not Miletti''s children, who seem content to let the head of the family languish in the hands of his abductors â" if he''s still alive.

âA brilliant read, enjoyed every page.â 5* reader review
âBrilliantly plotted and beautifully written . . . Great background and attention to detail.â 5* reader review
âIf you like anything Italian youâll like this.â 5* reader review

PRAISE FOR MICHAEL DIBDIN AND THE INSPECTOR ZEN SERIES:
âHe wrote with real fire.â IAN RANKIN
âA maestro of crime writing.â SUNDAY TIMES
âOne of the genreâs finest stylists . . . And Zen himself is a masterly creation: he is anti-heroic and pragmatic but obstinate, cunning and positively burdened with integrity.â GUARDIAN
âDibdin tells a rollicking good tale that you want both to read fast, because of its gripping storyline, and to linger over, to savour the evocative descriptions of place and mood.â INDEPENDENT
âOne of British crime fictionâs most distinguished and distinctive voices.â ANDREW TAYLOR
âDibdin has a gift for shocking the unshockable reader.â Ruth Rendell
âZen is one of the greatest creations of contemporary crime fiction.â OBSERVER
âI love the way these books capture the atmosphere and contradictions of Italy.â 5* reader review
âAurelio Zen novels are a great treat.â 5* reader review
âThere is no better writer than Dibdin. His books are a joy to read.â 5* reader review
âLove these books . . . I am sure you will get hooked too!â 5* reader review