The Disappearance of Signora Giulia

Name: The Disappearance of Signora Giulia
Brand: Pushkin Press
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By (author): Piero Chiara

Every Thursday for three years, Signora Giulia takes the train to Milan to visit her daughter. But one Thursday she simply disappears. And the case is left in your hands. You're a born detective, but you have so many unanswered questions - how can a young, beautiful high society woman just vanish into thin air? Why does her husband - a prominent criminal lawyer and much older man - know nothing about it? And who was she really visiting during those trips to Milan? For Detective Sciancalepre, the mystery is darker and more tangled than he imagined. Shadows are lurking in the grounds behind Giulia's house. Incriminating letters are exchanging hands. And no one is who they seem. Every twist and turn takes us closer to Giulia - and further from the truth... See more

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Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 17 Sep 2015
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781782271048

About Piero Chiara

Born in 1913 in a town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy Piero Chiara worked as a court employee until the outbreak of Word War Two. When the Fascist authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in 1944 he fled to Switzerland where his first work of literature a collection of poetry entitled Incantavi was published in 1945. After the war he returned to Italy and became one of the most celebrated writers of the post-war period. The winner of more than a dozen literary prizes - including the 1964 Campiello and the 1979 Bancarello - he is widely read and studied in his home country and his stories and novels have been adapted for both television and film. Piero Chiara died in 1986. The Disappearance of Signora Giulia is his first book to be translated into English.