Binding: Paperback
Description: A clever engaging new novel from bestselling Italian author Antonio Manzini following the dashing deputy police chief Rocco Schiavone who confronts his most riveting case ever. It's the bitterly cold spring season in alpine Aosta and a girl has been kidnapped. Chiara Berguet daughter of the owners of a local construction firm was targeted thanks to the sizeable debt her parents owe. But like many a best - laid plan a blown tire causes the crime to go haywire as the kidnappers van skids off the road and crashes into a pair of larch trees. Both the driver and his accomplice die on impact leaving the girl in the back gagged and bound and unable to break herself free. Meanwhile Rocco Schiavone wakes to find himself in Anna's apartment. She's the best friend of his girlfriend Nora and memories of the night before a heated evening with Anna return to him. As he sneaks out he sees the first few snowstorm clouds of the spring season move across the sky an ominous reference that something is off. If trouble at home and a case of kidnapping weren t enough Rocco will eventually have to contend with Enzo Baiocchi. Rocco was the one who sent Enzo to prison and in the process killed Enzo's brother. Having just escaped from prison Enzo is heading north with a newly purchased revolver and clearly revenge on his mind. And when an unfortunate incident of mistaken identity makes Enzo's act of revenge even more fiendish it also presents a gruesome scene for Rocco to discover on his return home.
Title: Out Of Season A Novel
Author(s): Manzini Antonio
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062696496
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 10/2/2018
Category: Crime & Mystery