# A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin (Paperback)

**'The locale is brought to life . . . the plot keeps you guessing' _The Times_**  
  
**'A slow-burning, tense and brooding thriller' _The Herald Scotland_**  
  
**'Tom Benjamin's debut novel blows the lid off a political cauldron in which Leftist agitators, property moguls, the police and city elders struggle for survival and dominance' _Daily Mail_  
  
****'It's an immensely promising debut, which leaves the reader feeling they really know the city.' _Morning Star_**  
  
  
**_Bologna: city of secrets, suspicion . . . and murder_**  
  
When the body of a radical protestor is found floating in one of Bologna's underground canals, it seems that most of the city is ready to blame the usual suspects: the police.  
  
But when private investigator Daniel Leicester, son-in-law to the former chief of police, receives a call from the dead man's lover, he follows a trail that begins in the 1970s and leads all the way to the rotten heart of the present-day political establishment.  
  
Beneath the beauty of the city, Bologna has a dark underside, and English detective Daniel must unravel a web of secrets, deceit and corruption - before he is caught in it himself.  
  
**A dark and atmospheric crime thriller set in the beautiful Italian city of Bologna, perfect for fans of Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin and Philip Gwynne Jones.**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- **Tags:** All, thrillers

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