And Then You Die

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And Then You Die

Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction Crime and mystery: police procedural

Author: Michael Dibdin

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Language: English

Published by: Faber & Faber

Published on: 20th November 2008

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 247 Kb

ISBN: 9780571248629


‘Unputdownable.’

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

A complete inversion of the standard detective genre.

GUARDIAN

AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY

Inspector Zen is back, but nobody's supposed to know it. After months in hospital recovering from a car-bomb attack, he is lying low under a false name at a beach resort on the Tuscan coast, waiting to testify in an imminent anti-Mafia trial. Zen has clear instructions: to sit back and enjoy the classic Italian beach holiday. But when an alarming number of people start dropping dead around him, it seems just a matter of time before the Mafia manages to find their target.

'A top quality thriller.' 5* reader review

'A very entertaining read, sometimes funny sometimes thought provoking and always with a slightly cynical dig at the Italian "establishment"! 5* reader review

My favourite book, bar none. 5* reader review

PRAISE FOR MICHAEL DIBDIN AND THE INSPECTOR ZEN SERIES:

'He wrote with real fire.' IAN RANKIN

'A maestro of crime writing.' SUNDAY TIMES

One of the genre's finest stylists . . . And Zen himself is a masterly creation: he is anti-heroic and pragmatic but obstinate, cunning and positively burdened with integrity.'

GUARDIAN

Dibdin 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.

INDEPENDENT

One of British crime fiction's most distinguished and distinctive voices. ANDREW TAYLOR

Dibdin has a gift for shocking the unshockable reader. Ruth Rendell

Zen is one of the greatest creations of contemporary crime fiction. OBSERVER

I love the way these books capture the atmosphere and contradictions of Italy. 5* reader review

Aurelio Zen novels are a great treat. 5* reader review

There is no better writer than Dibdin. His books are a joy to read. 5* reader review

Love these books . . . I am sure you will get hooked too! 5* reader review

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