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"In his seventh outing, Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen has finally been posted by his enemies in the government to the island of Sicily, heartland of the Mafia. His latest case is launched by the discovery of a badly decomposed and unidentifiable body locked in an abandoned rail car left on a spur of track in a deserted corner of the island.
Fortunately, Zen's daughter Carla Arduini, whom he met and adopted in his last adventure, _A Long Finish_, is also on the island to help the local judicial system set up a computer network, so he sees her often. Carla is befriended by Judge Corinna Nunziatella, whose life has been threatened for cracking down on the Mafia and who has to go everywhere under armed escort. On the other hand, Zen's mother is also dying back in Rome.
In retaliation for the train car killing, five Corleone family men are locked up in a stolen refrigerator truck to freeze to death. After a bomb kills the judge (and Carla with her), Zen crisscrosses Italy by train to hide, and eventually to Malta, to escape the clutches of the Sicilian police, who want to detain him as a suspect. Is there any way he can win, or maybe just survive, in the middle of this war between dying Mafia families?"
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, Foreign
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- life in that culture
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Island?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death
- frozen
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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