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Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli

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A serial killer is terrorising the people of Bologna and rookie Detective Inspector Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case. She only has one witness who can identify the killer - and he is blind. Simone spends his nights listening to Chet Baker and scanning the radio waves of the city, eavesdropping on other people's lives. He imagines what people are like - based on the 'colour' of their voice - and his acute hearing sets alarm bells ringing when he tunes in to the killer. Together Simone and Negro are the only people able to stop the killer, before he closes in on Simone.

From the diverse perspectives of the detective, the blind Simone and the killer, Lucarelli, master of Italian noir, weaves a gripping thriller.



'A compact and powerful masterpiece' Guardian Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger Award

About the Author
Carlo Lucarelli was born in 1960 in Modena, Italy. He has written eleven noir novels and his work has been translated into many languages. He hosts a popular late-night television show in Italy that examines unsettling and unsolved crimes. He also teaches creative writing in Turin and edits an on-line magazine. He has written one other novel called Day After Day.

Reviews
A stunning tour de force * Sunday Telegraph *
With a brilliantly psychotic villain shadowing Simone and Grazia, and a roller coaster plot that never slows...this is a compact and powerful masterpiece... More, please * Guardian *
It's a thrill being in that darkened room with Simone as he eavesdrops on the killer... Eerie * New York Times *
Vivid and impressionistic... A virtuoso performance * Literary Review *
Eerily atmospheric, breathlessly paced and genuinely gripping * Maxim *



Book Information
ISBN 9780099459439
Author Carlo Lucarelli
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 98g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 11mm

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