The body of a woman, clad only in a fur coat and jewelry, is found floating in the Arno at dawn. Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florentine carabinieri identifies her as a missing hotel guest. But how and why did she die? Was it a bizarre s...

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Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia, a Sicilian officer in the Florentine military police, returns for a 13th installment of the mystery series bearing his name. When an anonymous tip leads to the discovery of a woman’s badly decompose...