The Monster Of Florence

byDouglas Preston, Mario Spezi

April 23, 2013|
The Monster Of Florence by Douglas Preston
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In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1NYTbestsellerThe Lost City of the Monkey Godpresents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history.
In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14thcentury farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in Italian history, committed by a serial killer known as the Monster of Florence.Preston, intrigued, meets Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to learn more.
This is the true story of their search for--and identification of--the man they believe committed the crimes, and their chilling interview with him. And then, in a strange twist of fate,Prestonand Spezi themselves become targets of the police investigation.Prestonhas his phone tapped, is interrogated, and told to leave the country. Spezi fares worse: he is thrown intoItaly''s grim Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself.
Like one of Preston''s thrillers,The Monster of Florence, tells a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide-and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi, caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.
The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child''s famed Pendergast series includes the novelsRelicandThe Cabinet of Curiosities,both chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever wr...
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Title:The Monster Of Florence
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:368 pages, 8.25 X 5.25 X 1 in
Shipping dimensions:368 pages, 8.25 X 5.25 X 1 in
Published:April 23, 2013
Publisher:Grand Central Publishing
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9781455573820

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