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End Games Hardback - 2007

by Michael Dibdin

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Summary

The final installment in this award-winning series brings Italian police detective Aurelio Zen to remote Calabria, where the Venice-born-and-bred detective feels uncomfortably like a foreigner. It's a routine assignment, and Aurelio Zen is biding his time in Calabria while the locals go about their mysterious business. Routine, that is, until an advance scout for an American film company suddenly vanishes. Beneath the surface of a tight-knit traditional community--with secrets and loyalties that go back centuries--violent forces are at work. Zen is determined to find a way to penetrate the code of silence and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder. However, his mission is complicated by another secret that has drawn strangers from the other side of the world on a hunt for buried treasure--a search that has been launched by a single-minded player with millions to spend pursuing a bizarre and deadly obsession. It's a devilishly suspenseful and entertaining adventure that only Aurelio Zen could stumble into--and only Michael Dibdin could serve up. In End Games, the award-winning author has crafted a suspenseful, action-packed thriller full of unexpected twists and turns--a story that takes us deep into a proud and ancient culture and into the darkest corners of the human heart.From the Hardcover edition.

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From the publisher

The final installment in this award-winning series brings Italian police detective Aurelio Zen to remote Calabria, where the Venice-born-and-bred detective feels uncomfortably like a foreigner.
It's a routine assignment, and Aurelio Zen is biding his time in Calabria while the locals go about their mysterious business. Routine, that is, until an advance scout for an American film company suddenly vanishes. Beneath the surface of a tight-knit traditional community--with secrets and loyalties that go back centuries--violent forces are at work. Zen is determined to find a way to penetrate the code of silence and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder. However, his mission is complicated by another secret that has drawn strangers from the other side of the world on a hunt for buried treasure-a search that has been launched by a single-minded player with millions to spend pursuing a bizarre and deadly obsession.
It's a devilishly suspenseful and entertaining adventure that only Aurelio Zen could stumble into--and only Michael Dibdin could serve up. In "End Games," the award-winning author has crafted a suspenseful, action-packed thriller full of unexpected twists and turns--a story that takes us deep into a proud and ancient culture and into the darkest corners of the human heart.

Details

  • Title End Games
  • Author Michael Dibdin
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 335
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pantheon Books, New York
  • Publication date 2007
  • ISBN 9780375425219 / 0375425217
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.42 x 1.15 in (23.72 x 16.31 x 2.92 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Humorous fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007018793
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"Didbin's Italy-based Aurelio Zen tales are among the best in the mystery genre."
--The Boston Globe

"Didbin has an abundance of gifts: bracing wit, the ability to wring unexpected poignance out of dark comedy, and a gift for striking imagery."
--The Wall Street Journal

"Didbin belongs to that hierarchy of innovative stylists who make it a point of honor never to repeat a singal trick."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Didbin's work deserves comparison with such...giants as Raymond Chandler."
--The Oregonian

"Didbin is esential reading for those who love mysteries and Italy without illusions."
--The Washington Post

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