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Magdalen Nabb

    January 16, 1947 – August 18, 2007

    Magdalen Nabb crafts compelling crime novels that delve into the hidden secrets of Florence, a city she describes as a place where quiet streets conceal unknown lives. Her stories, featuring Marshal Guarnaccia, explore the complexities of human nature and the mysteries that unfold behind closed doors. Nabb masterfully blends atmospheric settings with intricate plots, drawing readers into the heart of her investigations. In addition to her crime fiction, she also writes popular children's books about Josie Smith, set in her native Lancashire.

    Magdalen Nabb
    Some Bitter Taste
    The Marshal Makes His Report
    The Marshal at the Villa Torrini
    Vita Nuova
    The Enchanted Horse
    The Prosecutor
    • Zázrak

      • 158 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Bea je úspešná, krásna a silná žena. Jej život sa zdá byt ideálny. Ale zdanie, ako to už býva, klame. Stačí jeden okamih, ktorý ju zrazí na kolená. Napriek tomu dokáže zvládnuť to, čo sa jej zo začiatku zdalo byt nemožné. A rozhodne sa svoj život od základov zmeniť. Krok za krokom nachádza samú seba a spoznáva lásku, v akú už ani nedúfala. Začne napokon veriť aj na zázraky?

      Zázrak2022
      4.4
    • Veriť

      • 223 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Mia je ako každá jedna z nás. Výnimočná, talentovaná a opatrná v láske. Je usmiata a priateľská a predsa má dôvod, prečo chce svoje srdce chrániť a nedôveruje mužom. Nájde sa muž, ktorý prekoná hradby jej srdca? Dokáže aj ona uveriť? Dokážu si veriť navzájom?

      Veriť2019
      3.5
    • Vita Nuova

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      A young mother is found dead in her bedroom in the elegant villa of the newly rich Paolottis. There seems to be no motive for the brutal crime until Marshal Guarnaccia investigates.

      Vita Nuova2008
      3.6
    • The Innocent

      • 356 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      It is spring in Florence and everyone around Marshal Guarnaccia seems to be in love, even his own son. The case he is working on, the murder of a young woman, seems to present no particular problems. No distressed parents, no political or influential connections, no pressure from the media. The investigation takes him only a few steps from home, to the Boboli gardens and to the artisans' quarter - where he knows everybody and everybody knows him. The locals also trust him - until he seems to be accusing one of them - then everything changes. A second death follows and Guarnaccia is convinced that it is his fault. The case becomes one of the most distressing he's ever had to handle. Burdened with guilt, he finds it impossible to trust his own instincts any more. But he has to learn to do so before he can get at the truth.

      The Innocent2005
      2.8
    • Florenz im Dezember: Ein fünfjähriger Junge steht starr vor Angst auf dem kalten Marmorküchenboden eines alten Patrizierhauses und traut sich nicht in sein Kinderzimmer zurück. Das Kindermädchen hat frei, die Mutter sucht Vergessen in einem langen Schlaf, der Vater ist auf Geschäftsreise. - Ein Familiendrama, dessen viele Facetten sich wie in einem Kaleidoskop erst nach und nach zu einem Bild zusammenfügen.

      Cosimo2004
      3.6
    • Salvatore Guarnaccia detective: Moord in Florence

      Een Salvatore Guarnaccia detective

      • 262 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Het hoofd van de politie van Florence komt via de dood van een oude vrouw een handel in kunstvoorwerpen en vervalsingen daarvan op het spoor.

      Salvatore Guarnaccia detective: Moord in Florence2003
    • Finchen im Frühling

      • 106 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Der Frühling kommt - und Finchen legt in ihrem Hinterhof einen Minigarten an, in dem sie Petersilie, Löwenmäulchen und Kapuzinerkresse sät. An Ostern erfährt Finchen, dass Ostereier anzumalen viel lustiger ist, als sich mit Schokoladeneiern vollzustopfen, und dass das allerschönste Osterei das Ei ist, über dem die Henne Mavis brütet, bis ein Küken schlüpft.

      Finchen im Frühling2002
    • Some Bitter Taste

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The marshal's search for the villains who precipitated her death brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish refugees from fascism, and with English expatriates, including the ailing heir to the elegant Villa L'Uliveto, Sir Christopher Wrothesly-

      Some Bitter Taste2002
      3.5
    • A Florence, la veille de Noël, Langley Smythe, un diplomate retraité d'origine anglaise, est découvert mort dans son appartement. Au terme de son enquête, l'adjudant Guarnaccia, malgré une grippe envahissante et un stagiaire encombrant, va mettre au jour une sombre affaire de trafic d'objets d'art. Ce Maigret florentin (il officie au palais Pitti où il commande les carabiniers) est d'origine sicilienne. Gastronome notoire, doté d'un tempérament réservé, il compense son flegme inattendu par une opiniâtreté tenace. En mettant en scène dans le cadre enchanteur de Florence - ses ruelles encombrées, ses petits commerçants de quartier - ce personnage, héros depuis 1981 d'une douzaine d'enquêtes, sa mère spirituelle s'est attiré les louanges, d'autant plus flatteuses que rares, de Georges Simenon soi-même !

      Grands Détectives: Le Gentleman florentin2001