New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of Florence is a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide--and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi are caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.--From publisher description.
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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of Florence is a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide--and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi are caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.--From publisher description.
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Enjoyed this book a great deal.
Compares favorably to his other works.
jjs1217
Feb 4, 2010
Good read
I heard of this book by accident, but when I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Maybe gets a little slow after the facts of the crimes are made clear, but interesting the way through. This is a good non-fiction read. Wonderful (and scary) indictment of Italian judicial politics.
