Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Six iconic thrillers set in Italy

Tom Hindle hails from Leeds and lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, a cat and two surprisingly cunning tortoises.

He is the author of A Fatal Crossing, The Murder Game, and Murder on Lake Garda – which were inspired by masters of the crime genre such as Agatha Christie and Anthony Horowitz.

At the Waterstones blog Hindle tagged six favorite thrillers set in Italy, as is Murder on Lake Garda. One title on the list:
The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths

The tenth mystery in Elly Griffiths's brilliant Dr Ruth Galloway series, this particular outing sees Ruth travel to Italy at the request of a local archaeologist, who is eager for her help with a collection of bones he’s discovered in a rural village. With her daughter and a friend in tow, Ruth finds herself investigating a mystery that stretches all the way back to the war years. But it seems there are secrets someone will kill to protect, and when a fresh murder is committed, it quickly becomes clear that this once-dormant mystery may yet prove deadly.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Also see John Hooper's top ten books about Italy.

--Marshal Zeringue