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Ratking
Ratking
Author: Michael Dibdin
Perugia, he thought. Chocolates, Etruscans, that fat painter, radios and gramophones, the University for Foreigners, sportswear. 'Umbria, the green heart of Italy', the tourist advertisements said. What did that make Latium, he had wondered, the bilious liver? Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780571271573
ISBN-10: 057127157X
Publication Date: 3/1/2011
Pages: 464
Edition: Main
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Publisher: Faber & Faber
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Spuddie avatar reviewed Ratking on + 412 more book reviews
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Set in Italy and featuring policeman Aurelio Zen, the first in this series. It's a little confusing at first because the Italian police system is set up quite differently than ours, but once you get past that, Ratking is quite enjoyable, a tightly wound psychological thriller. Zen is ordered to investigate the death of a powerful industrial magnet, believed to be the work of underworld thugs. But was it? I'm hoping to read more in the series soon!
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A friend and bookstore owner recommended Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, but the first book I came across was Ratking. It's an intelligent mystery/thriller, set in Italy, which is unusual and offers a realistic look inside the police system and everyday life there. And, Aurelio Zen is a police commissioner I would like to see more of.
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bookishdame avatar reviewed Ratking on + 15 more book reviews
A mystery and a thriller. Michael Dibdin is an author with a bent for the exotic location and a story that will keep you wanting to read into the night.
This book won The Golden Dagger Award - Novel of Psychological Suspence.
"Tremendously exciting...a novel both subtle and horrific." -- Ruth Rendell


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