Il senso del dolore. L'inverno del commissario Ricciardi

*****RECENTLY FEATURED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.***** ”He saw a man sitting on the ground holding both arms tightly around his stomach as if hugging himself. A yellowish foam bubbling with air oozed from his mouth. His eyes were glassy, Even from a distance like that, the Commissario could make out Leggi tutto

Revised, pictures added 5/24/22 An Italian detective story. All prose and TV detectives have their oddities, almost as if they are in a competition for the quirkiest. But here we have Commissario Ricciardi who is partly psychic in that he can “relive” the crime from the victim’s point of view and th Leggi tutto

Έτσι είναι όταν βλέπεις στους δρόμους νεκρούς να σου μιλάνε με τις πληγές ανοιχτές και το αίμα ακόμα να ρέει.

Βαθμολογία: ★★★★ Ένα κλασικό detective story τοποθετημένο στη Νάπολη του 1931, με μια δόση υπερφυσικού στοιχείου. Ο commissario Ricciardi βλέπει φαντάσματα. Συγκεκριμένα, βλέπει και ακούει, ξανά και ξανά, τα τελευταία δευτερόλεπτα της ζωής των βίαια αποθανόντων. Είναι ένας άνθρωπος ώριμος, ένας χαρακ Leggi tutto

Penso che per apprezzare a pieno questo libro sul Commissario Ricciardi bisognerebbe quantomeno leggere il secondo della lunga serie, anche per capire se se ne può vivere senza o se sale la febbre di continuare. Per quanto mi riguarda, rullo di tamburi, a me è piaciuto e non escludo che in futuro po Leggi tutto

Primo romanzo con protagonista il commissario Ricciardi che leggo, pochi giorni dopo aver visto la prima puntata della serie TV su Rai 1 con Lino Guanciale, e devo dire che non mi deluso. La mia curiosità era di capire quanto la serie fosse fedele al romanzo, e devo dire che - al contrario di Mina S Leggi tutto

This book isn't out yet in English, it was sent to me as a review copy, but it came as a very pleasant surprise. One of the world's greatest tenors (and also one of the most hated men in opera), Maestro Vezzi, is found murdered in his dressing room at Naples famous theatre, San Carlo Theatre. The al Leggi tutto