A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin

I adore Italy and all things Italian. I love a good thriller/murder mystery. When the two are combined, I am all in. With A Quiet Death in Italy, author Tom Benjamin creates a plot with an abundance of twists and turns that kept me turning the pages and guessing who’d done it until the end. The quirky cast of characters had me thoroughly engaged and just added to the enjoyment of reading this tale.  The vivid descriptions of present-day Bologna and the local cuisine made me want to go back to  Bologna and do a lot more exploring of this fascinating city.  

 Brief summary to tease: Englishman and widower Daniel Leicester, is a private detective in Bologna, working for his father-in-law and raising his just-turned-teen daughter, Rose. He is asked to investigate the suspicious death of a well-known anarchist found in one of Bologna’s underground canals, leading Daniel down a labyrinth of trails clouded by the myriad of suspects and the unavoidable and generally corrupt Italian bureaucracy.   

 I stumbled across this book by accident. I enjoyed this story immensely. I have already ordered the second in the series. I highly recommend.