An Aurelio Zen Novel

Michael Dibdin's overburdened Italian police inspector has been transferred to Naples, where the rule of law is so lax that a police station may double as a brothel. But this time, having alienated superiors with his impolitic zealousness in every previous posting, Zen is determined not to make waves.

Too bad an American sailor (who may be neither American nor a sailor) knifes one of his opposite numbers in Naples's harbor, and some local garbage collectors have taken to moonlighting in homicide. And when Zen becomes embroiled in a romantic intrigue involving love-sick gangsters and prostitutes who pass themselves off as Albanian refugees, all Naples comes to resemble the set of the Mozart opera of the same title. Bawdy, suspenseful, and splendidly farcical, the result is an irresistible offering from a maestro of mystery.

• We started tracking this book on April 4, 2011.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 142 times in the past 5,299 days.
• The current price of this book is $4.99 last checked 8 hours ago.
• The lowest price to date was $4.99 last reached on October 5, 2025.
• This book has been $4.99 5 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $13.99 last reached on August 10, 2025.
• This book has been $13.99 3 times since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 257 Pages
• File Size: 26 KB