Magdalen Nabb: Death in Springtime (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
A foreign student is kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight. The unusual March snowfall has distracted everyone, even Marshal Guarnaccia. But he must find the girl who is being held for ransom before her abductors change their minds and kill her.

Praise for Death in Springtime
"A masterpiece." -- Georges Simenon

Praise for Magdalen Nabb's Florentine Mysteries
"It takes a writer as good as Magdalen Nabb to remind us how subtle the art of the mystery can be... Nabb has Simenon's knack." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Nabb's uncanny portrayal of Florence, its pace, scents, sounds, the rhythm of its language... is so vivid." -- Boston Globe

"If you didn't make it to Florence this summer, don't despair. It was probably too crowded anyway-and there's a new Marshal Guarnaccia investigation to keep you abreast of the sights, smells, tastes and traffic problems of that great Italian city." -- Chicago Tribune

"There is no other series quite like the Guarnaccia stories... in then moody charms... His tender heart casts a wide net; people trust him talk to him, seem to feel he is more prescient than he knows he is. The result is a narrative in which the marshal serves as a mirror to the world around him." -- Washington Post Book World

"Strongly recommended for readers who like sophisticated, literate mysteries in foreign settings." -- Library Journal

Magdalen Nabb: Death in Springtime. A Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation. Soho Press, ISBN: 156947415X (October, 2005), 165 p., $10.00.

Magdalen Nabb: Death in Springtime (UK 1989)

From the Publisher:
Snow in March was such an unusual event in Florence that no one - not even the Marshal himself - noticed the two foreign girls being driven out of the city at gunpoint. One was released almost immediately. The other, a wealthy American, vanished without trace. The search turned to the Sardinian shepherds in the Tuscan hills - a close-mouthed fraternity at the best of times, which this certainly was not. But this was no straightforward kidnapping, as the Marshal discovered. The outcome was as unexpected as snow in March - or death in springtime.

'A novel to be savoured.. Bravissimo! You have more than fulfilled your promise.' Georges Simenon

Magdalen Nabb: Death in Springtime. A Florentine Mystery. With an introduction by Georges Simenon. London: Fontana, 1989, ISBN: 0006170323, 174 p., £ 2.95.