An Enigma by the Sea

Author(s): Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini, Gregory Dowling (translator)

Location(s): Tuscany

Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction

Era(s): Contemporary

On the wintry Tuscan coast, the wealthy elite retreat to their lavish holiday homes. But the season turns sinister when a couple vanishes from a locked villa, and the body of a dubious count washes ashore, bludgeoned to death. With echoes of Agatha Christie and the erudite suspense of Umberto Eco, a sly meditation on class, illusion, and desire, this literary mystery is both sharply observant and darkly entertaining.

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