Full name: Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zen Mystery

Author: Michael Dibdin Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Detective Culture: Italy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780571202881 9780375708305 0571202888 0375708308

Aurelio Zen'€”cynical and tough, yet worn down from years of law enforcement'€”has just been given the worst assignment he could imagine. He has been sent to the heart of hostile territory: Sicily, the ancient, beautiful island where blood has been known to flow like wine, and the distinction between the police and the criminals is a fine one. Even worse, he has been sent to spy on the elite anti-Mafia squad.The only thing that makes the job palatable'€”and takes his mind off routine details like the rotting body found in a remote train car'€”is that Zen's adopted daughter, Carla, is also in town. But life becomes precarious for Carla when she stumbles upon some information she'd be better off not knowing and befriends a local magistrate on the Mafia's most wanted list. What ensues is a breakneck plot of amazing complexity that culminates in a stunning finale. Blood Rain, emotionally gripping and defiantly original, is surely one of Dibdin's finest works. From the Trade Paperback edition. This book is part of the "Aurelio Zen" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Medusa" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Back to Bologna" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "And Then You Die" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "A Long Finish" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Cosi Fan Tutti" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Dead Lagoon" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Cabal" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Vendetta" First published in 1990 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Ratking" First published in 1988 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Cabal by Michael Dibdin Medusa by Michael Dibdin And Then You Die by Michael Dibdin Vendetta by Michael Dibdin A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin Back to Bologna by Michael Dibdin Ratking by Michael Dibdin Dead Lagoon by Michael Dibdin A Florentine Death by Michele Giuttari A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell Perfectly Pure and Good by Frances Fyfield The Rottweiler by Ruth Rendell A Running Duck by Paula Gosling Excursion To Tindari by Andrea Camilleri The Smell of the Night by Andrea Camilleri Cosi Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis Friends in High Places by Donna Leon Through a Glass Darkly by Donna Leon