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Death in Springtime

by Magdalen Nabb · 1983

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Two foreign girls are abducted from a Florence piazza in broad daylight. The unusual March snowfall has distracted everyone, even Marshal Guarnaccia, who is unsure of what he has actually witnessed. One of the girls turns up in a village in the Chianti, claiming the kidnappers have released her to propose a ransom for the other victim. But the marshal thinks she's lying. Italian law forbids paying ransom to criminals, and the marshal must find the second girl before her kidnappers decide to end her life.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisFlorenceFlorenceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 156 pages

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