Ratking by Michael Dibdin - 1997-04-29

nice-paperback – cover is glossy- excellent copy unmarked/ no remainder markings /inscriptions/Ruth glossy miniscule amount of rubbing on edges fabulous book by-now deceased author-smallest amount of each tanning on its edges of printing first vintage crime/Black lizard edition May 1997 interestingly it has later copyright. Author 1989- --Design Megan Wilson- photograph Joshua Sheldon -/Photonica- author photograph- Isolde Olhbaum-- Italian Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen is dispatched to investigate the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti, a powerful Perugian industrialist. But nobody much wants Zen to succeed: not the local authorities, who view him as an interloper, and certainly not Miletti's children, who seem content to let the head of the family languish in the hands of his abductors--if he's still alive. Was Miletti truly the victim of professionals? Or might his kidnapper be someone closer to home: his preening son Daniele, with his million-lire wardrobe and his profitable drug business? His daughter, Cinzia, whose vapid beauty conceals a devastating secret? The perverse Silvio, or the eldest son Pietro, the unscrupulous fixer who manipulates the plots of others for his own ends? As Zen tries to unravel this rat's nest of family intrigue and official complicity-Winner of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award-- see pictures maybe this will do it! - make an informed buying decision-At least you know what you're getting into I have-good description-- All photos shown are actual pictures no stock images. What you see is what you will receive.-Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles -you get the copy you were viewing carefully packed to protect it from damage in transit. – additional questions answered through customer service phone number or minor messaging e-mail- -Ratking -Author -Michael Dibdin- Publisher May -1997-Vintage Crime/Black Lizard- Random House Publishing Group, - ISBN- 0307822516, 9780307822512- Length -266 pages- Subjects Fiction ' Mystery & Detective ' Police Procedural Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Crime/ --Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles /Culver City --Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles /Culver City