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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9781400076086
ISBN number: 1400076080
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: February 08, 2005
Publishing house: Vintage
Release Date: February 08, 2005
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Studio: Vintage
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After a decomposed body is discovered in an abandoned military tunnel, Inspector Aurelio Zen travels north to the Italian Alps to investigate. At very first glance, the death appears to have been an accident. But when Zen takes a closer look, a mysterious tattoo begins to tell a much more sinister tale, especially after the body is snatched from the morgue. As Zen races to discover the inner workings of a clandestine military organization named Medusa, he is reminded of just how lethal Italian history can be.
Medusa takes us on an exploration of the dark history of post-war Italy and a modern-day sightseeing tour of what Zen calls Italia Lite. In the urbane and pragmatic Zen, world-class mystery novelist Michael Dibdin has given us a detective unlike any other. And in this latest installment of this critically acclaimed series, we are treated to a mystery that drips with intrigue and a thriller so satisfying the pages cannot be turned fast enough.
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If Michael's Dibdin's prior Aurelio Zen mystery, "And then You Die", was a bit flaccid, he makes amends - big time - in "Medusa" - a hard-hitting, old-fashioned tale of conspiracy, deceit, love, and betrayal. As with all of Dibdin's work, the prose is beautifully crafted and elegant, and if the pace tends to meander at times in starts and fits and back alleys, this is, after all, Italy. Zen, too, is back in top form, free of the distractions of a dying mother and a budding love affair, instead and thankfully fully committed to cracking a baffling and increasingly ominous mystery.
The savvy Dibdin weaves this complex thriller obscurely, starting not with this discovery of the mummified corpse in an abandoned military tunnel in Italy's northern Dolomite mountain range, but with a series of vignettes of middle-aged Italians disturbed in varying ways by the discovery. In fact, roughly forty pages have turned until Zen even shows up, poking around the abandoned cave with the Austrian spelunker who originally found the body. What could have passed as a decades old accident takes on more sinister dimensions when the corpse is literally whisked away in the night by shadowy government officials, hooking Zen in the ultimate cold case complicated by never knowing exactly who can be trusted.
With its well drawn characters, engaging storylines, and authoritative settings, "Medusa" will remind loyal fans just how much Michael Didbin, who passed away last year, will be missed. If there is fairness in literature, perhaps he will gain the readership posthumously this prolific author so richly deserved while living.
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