THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE

作者 MARIO SPEZI\\\' \\\'DOUGLAS PRESTON著
出版社 VIRGIN BOOKS
出版时间 2009年1月
ISBN 9781905264674
定价 169.20

内容简介

In2000,"NewYorkTimes"bestsellingauthorDouglasPrestonfulfilledalong-helddreamtomovehisfamilytoItaly.ButaftersettlinginanidyllicvillagejustoutsideFlorence,hediscoveredthattheolivegroveinfrontofhisfamily'snewhomehadbeenthesceneofoneofthemostinfamousdouble-murdersinItalianhistory,committedbyaserialkillerknownastheMonsterofFlorence.Thekillerhadneverbeenfound.Preston,intrigued,metItalianjournalistMarioSpezi,whohasfollowedthecasesincethefirstmurdersin1974,tolearnmore.Thisisthetruestoryoftheirsearchfor-andidentificationof-themantheybelievecommittedthecrimes,andtheirchillinginterviewwithhim.It'salsothestoryofhowPrestonandSpezithemselvesbecamepartofthestory.Prestonhadhisphonetapped,wasinterrogated,andforcedtoleavethecountry.Spezifaredevenworse:hewasaccusedofbeingtheMonsterofFlorencehimself.LikeoneofPreston'sbestsellingthrillers,"TheMonsterofFlorence"tellsagrippingandharrowingstoryofmurder,mutilation,suspicionandruinedlives-andatthecentreofit,twobravewriterstryingtouncoverthetruthatallcosts.

作者简介

DouglasPrestonisarenownedauthorofbothfictionandnon-fiction,includingTheCodex,RelicandTheBookoftheDead(co-writtenwithLincolnChild),whichtoppedtheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistforsixweeks.HehaswrittenarticlesforTheNewYorker,Reader'sDigest,NationalGeographic,Harper's,SmithsonianandAtlantic.HealsoworkedfortheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryasmanagingeditorofCuratormagazine.MarioSpeziisanItalianjournalistwritingforLaNazione,whohasbeeninvestigatingtheMonsterofFlorencecasesincethefirstmurdersin1974.

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