| | |  | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural | | Home » » » | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Timothy Holme | | Paperback:
| 201 pages | | Publisher:
| Felony & Mayhem | | Publication Date:
| January 15, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1933397969 | | Product Length:
| 7.52 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.54 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Italian intrigue told with British witApr 05, 2008
By C. Morris
Set in Verona in 1980, The Neapolitan Streak is the first in a series featuring Inspector Peroni, "the Valentino of the Police Force", a thoroughly likable Neapolitan working in Verona. Its solid whodunit plot involves modern politics and latter-day Montagues & Capulets; the tensions & stereotypes of northern vs southern Italians form an amusing counterpoint to the action. There are plenty of twists & surprises, but perhaps even more of a draw are the understated British humor (the author was British) and the well-drawn characters.
For the squeamish mystery-lover: there's no in-depth gore, just minimal descriptions of the crimes.
This will appeal to anyone who likes an Italian setting and/or dry British humor. Although Inspector Peroni is quite unlike Jonathan Argyll, I imagine these qualities would endear this book to anyone who enjoyed Iain Pears' Art History Mystery series.
I hope Felony & Mayhem is planning on reprinting the other 4 mysteries by this author (The Devil & the Dolce Vita, The Assissi Murders, At the Lake of Sudden Death and A funeral of gondolas). Highly recommended.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Light and engagingMar 15, 2011
By myz
"myz"
The story follows police detective Achille Peroni solving the murder of a former general in Verona. The crime itself isn't the most engaging, but the characters are. Holme really paints a vivid picture of Verona and the Italian lifestyle, which I found entertaining and enchanting. I'll be reading the other books in the series because I enjoyed this sense of 'armchair traveling' so much, but if you are looking for a truly clever and gripping mystery, this is not for you.
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