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The Marshal's Own Case (Marshal Guarnaccia, Bk 7)
The Marshal's Own Case - Marshal Guarnaccia, Bk 7 Author:Magdalen Nabb Everybody hated Lulu alive, and Lulu dead is even less of an attractive proposition. Nobody wants this nauseating and impossible murder of a transsexual prostitute, especially not Marshal Guarnaccia, wrenched from his peaceful office within the Pitti Palace. Forced to move into an alien, shadowy Florence of which he knows little and understands ... more »less, the Marshall faces his greatest challenge.
There have been other cases of this sort. The files were all marked 'unsolved'. Nobody expects a solution this time either. Nobody really wants one. So people are both amazed and impressed when an arrest is made after only a few days. Everyone except the Marshal, who is not impressed at all.
Despite the evidence, he can't believe that the hot-tempered, unbalanced suspect planned and perpetrated such a cold-blooded and complicated murder -- the sleeping pills, the deadly blows, the long wait, and then the disposal of the body.
But if the suspect's version is true, where was the body during that long wait, and where is the witness who seems to have no real name?
The Marshal must confront the Public Prosecutor and battle with his own prejudices before he can discover the startling answer. It seems true that "everybody hated Lulu," until the Marshal finds somebody who didn't.« less