Medusa

Medusa

by Michael Dibdin (Author)

Synopsis

Zen is back - and on the hunt for the truth about a crime that has long been dead and buried . . .When a group of Austrian cavers exploring a network of abandoned military tunnels in the Italian Alps come across human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft, everyone assumes the death was accidental - until the still unidentified body is stolen from the morgue and the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. And is the recent car bombing in Campione D'Italia, a tiny tax haven surrounded on all sides by Switzerland, somehow related? The whole affair has the whiff of political intrigue. That's enough to interest Aurelio Zen's boss at the interior Ministry, who wants to know who is hiding what from whom and why. The search for the truth leads Zen back into the murky history of post-war Italy and obscure corners of modern-day society to uncover the truth about a crime that everyone had forgotten.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Faber
Published: 28 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0571216595
ISBN 13: 9780571216598

Media Reviews
Aurelio Zen is embroiled in political intrigue in the latest offering from Michael Dibdin. The Italian Poirot takes on the might of the secret service, the government and more in a bid to resolve the mystery behind a series of seemingly unlinked crimes: high in the mountains a body is discovered by Austrian climbers which turns out to be not what it appears; a wealthy Venezuelan businessman is blown up outside his home on his birthday; and the disappearance of an antiquarian bookdealer in Milan. But as Aurelio delves into the past, long-buried secrets seep out bringing post-war Italy to the fore and danger to all involved. Once again Michael Dibdin conjures up an Italy full of vibrancy, melodrama, over-blown characters and a crime that unravels at a gentle pace before turning the corner and tumbling into a climactic finish. A must for all Dibdin fans. - Lucy Watson
Author Bio
Michael Dibdin was born in 1947. He went to school in Norther n Ireland, and later to Sussex University and the University of Alberta in Canada. He lives in Seattle.After completing his first novel, The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, in 1978, he spent four years in Italy teaching English at the University of Perugia. His second novel, A Rich Full Death, was published in 1986. It was followed by Ratking in 1988, which won the Gold Dagger Award for the Best Crime Novel of the year and introduced us to his Italian detective - Inspector Aurelio Zen. In 1989 The Tryst was published to great acclaim and was followed by Vendetta in 1990, the second story in the Zen series. Dirty Tricks was published in 1991. Inspector Zen made his third appearance in Cabal, which was published in 1992. The Dying of the Light, an Agatha Christie pastiche, was published in 1993. His fourth Zen novel, Dead Lagoon, was published the follow