Death and the olive grove, paperback/marco vichi

The second novel in the Inspector Bordelli series set in 1960s Florence, and this time he must race to unmask a particularly brutal killer.

This is evocative, well-written crime with an undercurrent of noir, translated by Stephen Sartarelli, who also translated the novels of Andrea Camilleri.

A real find for anyone who likes their crime novels atmospheric, discursive, humorous and thought-provoking }Guardian{.