Death in August
Marco Vichi

Florence, summer 1963: Inspector Bordelli, tormented by the heat and mosquitoes, gets a sense of purpose when the suspected death of a wealthy Signora is reported.Bordelli rushes to her hilltop villa, where the old woman has apparently been killed by an asthma attack, though her medicine has been left untouched.With the help of his young protégé, the victim’s eccentric brother, and a semi-retired petty thief, the inspector begins a murder investigation. Each suspect has a solid alibi, but there is something that doesn’t quite add up...