The Monster of Florence

In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Florence, Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in Italian history, committed by a serial killer known as the Monster of Florence. Preston, intrigued, meets Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to learn more. This is the true story of their search for-and identification of-the man they believe committed the crimes, and their chilling interview with him. And then, in a strange twist of fate, Preston and Spezi themselves become targets of the police investigation. Preston has his phone tapped, is interrogated, and told to leave the country. Spezi fares worse: he is thrown into Italy's grim Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself. Like one of Preston's thrillers, The Monster Of Florence, tells a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide-and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi, caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.

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Title of ebook: The Monster of Florence
ISBN: 9780446537414
parent-ISBN: 9780446581196
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 06-2008
Released online for download: 06-10-2008
Author of eBook: Preston, Douglas J.
Author: Spezi, Mario

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The Monster of Florence

Chapter One

The morning of June 7, 1981, dawned brilliantly clear over Florence, Italy. It was a quiet Sunday with blue skies and a light breeze out of the hills, which carried into the city the fragrance of sun-warmed cypress trees. Mario Spezi was at his desk at La Nazione, where he had worked as a reporter for several years, smoking and reading the paper. He was approached by the reporter who usually handled the crime desk, a legend at the paper who had survived twenty years of covering the Mafia.

The man sat on the edge of Spezi's desk. "This morning I have a little appointment," he said. "She's not bad-looking, married ..."

"At your age?" Spezi said. "On a Sunday morning before church? Isn't that a bit much?"

"A bit much? Mario, I'm a Sicilian!" He struck his chest. "I come from the land that gave birth to the gods. Anyway, I was hoping you could cover the crime desk for me this morning, hang around police headquarters in case something comes up. I've already made the calls, nothing's going on. And as we all know"-and then he spoke the phrase that S ... read full excerpt from: The Monster of Florence ebook

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