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When Douglas Preston and his family moved to Florence, he expected normalcy, but a local journalist, Mario Spezi, introduced him to the Monster of Florence—an unsolved serial killer whose brutal murders across the Tuscan hills spanned 1968‑1985. One of the murders occurred on the grounds of Preston’s new home, spurring the author to collaborate with Spezi in an attempt to identify the killer or killers and bring closure to the chilling crimes. Their investigation faces obstacles: local theories about the perpetrator, a police force eager to pin a suspect on any possible culprit, and the eventual accusation that Spezi himself might be the Monster. The book alternates between Spezi’s firsthand account and Preston’s evolving involvement, charting a grim exploration of a dark chapter in Florence’s history.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Crime Fiction/Noir
Authors: Dougles Preston
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