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Vendetta

Aurelio Zen seriesbook 2 of 11Next:Cabal(1992) →

In Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen, Michael Dibdin has given the mystery one of its most complex and compelling protagonists: a man wearily trying to enforce the law in a society where the law is constantly being bent. In this, the first novel he appears in, Zen himself has been assigned to do some law bending. Officials in a high government ministry want him to finger someone—anyone—for the murder of an eccentric billionaire, whose corrupt dealings enriched some of the most exalted figures in Italian politics.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 281 pages

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