Title: The Monster of Florence
Author: Magdelen Nabb
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
Publisher: Arrow
Copyright: 1996
ISBN: 0099489899
Pages: 485
Keywords: mystery
Reading period: 22-27 October, 2007

Nabb's recurring character, Marshal Guarnaccia, is a non-commissioned officer in the carabinieri, the Italian military-style police, who is stationed in Florence. Guarnaccia is a slow, dogged plodder and a wallflower, who is largely overlooked by those who encounter him, but who nonetheless gets to the bottom of mysteries.

An old case, involving a series of double murders over a twenty-year period, has been reopened for political reasons. Several police officers, including the Marshal, have been seconded to a task force. The Marshal is troubled by what is clearly an attempt by the prosecutor to put an unsavory pedophile into the frame, in order to close the case quickly, and he starts digging around, finding evidence that had long been overlooked or never gathered.

Somewhat confusing. I had a hard time keeping track of Sergio and Silvano and Flavio and Fabio.