The Day of the Dead
The Autumn of Commissario Ricciardi
The Commissario Ricciardi Series: Book #4
- By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Description
Inthis fourth installment of the internationally successful Commissario Ricciardiseries, the commissario investigates the death of Matteo, one of the manystreet urchins who live hand-to-mouth in the dark alleys of 1930s Naples. Whileat first the death seems provoked by natural causes, there’s more to thetragedy than meets the eye.
CommissarioRicciardi is the undisputed wizard of Neapolitan crime scenes. He solves everycrime with an uncanny swiftness that leaves his colleagues dumbfounded. Indeed,there are those who think his abilities are the work of the devil, an unnatural and ungodly gift to be exorcised. And maybe they’re right.Ricciardi sees the dead; he sees and hears the final moments in the lives ofthose who have suffered violent deaths. It may be a talent, or it may be acurse, but it is nonetheless a kind of black magic. Sometimes, however, evenblack magic isn’t enough. It’s a rainy autumn in Naples and the fog lays thickover the city as its inhabitants celebrate the week of the dead. Ricciardi’sinstincts tell him that the dead boy is the victim of a murder, butinvestigating the homicide is not going to be easy. The authorities want toavoid any trouble, any sign that things are not as they ought to be in Naples,for they are preparing for the state visit of Benito Mussolini. Ricciardi willhave to conduct his investigation hidden from the eyes of his superiors. What’sworse, his sixth sense is no help to him this time: the scene of the crime issilent, still, not a word or a sign, or even a scream from the dead. Has hisunwelcome gift finally faded? Or is something more sinister at work?
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The Commissario Ricciardi Series Series

I Will Have Vengeance
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Anne Milano Appel
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Naples, 1931. A bitter wind stalks the city streets, and murder lies at its chilled heart. When Maestro Vezzi, one of the world’s greatest tenors, is found brutally murdered in his dressing room at Naples’ famous San Carlo theater, the enigmatic and aloof Commissario Ricciardi is called to investigate. Arrogant and bad-tempered, Vezzi was hated... Read more »
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Blood Curse
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Ricciardihas visions. He sees and hears the final seconds in the lives of victims ofviolent deaths. It is both a gift and a curse. It has helped him become one ofthe most acute and successful homicide detectives in the Naples police force.But all that horror and suffering has hollowed him out emotionally: He drinksand doesn’t sleep. Other than... Read more »
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Everyone in Their Place
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Naples, 1931. Together with his indefatigable partner Brigadier Maione, Commissario Ricciardi, a man driven into solitude by his paranormal “gift” of seeing the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths—a talent that also makes him a highly effective investigator—is conducting an investigation into the death of the beautiful and... Read more »
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The Day of the Dead
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Inthis fourth installment of the internationally successful Commissario Ricciardiseries, the commissario investigates the death of Matteo, one of the manystreet urchins who live hand-to-mouth in the dark alleys of 1930s Naples. Whileat first the death seems provoked by natural causes, there’s more to thetragedy than meets the... Read more »
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By My Hand
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Maurizio de Giovanni presents By My Hand, the fifth book in the critically acclaimed Commissario Ricciardi series.As Naples prepares for its holiday celebrations, behind the facade of order and happiness imposed by the fascist regime lurks terrible poverty and blinding desperation. In a luxurious apartment on the Mergellina beach, the bodies of... Read more »
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Viper
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Naples, 1932. A week before Easter, springtime offers fragrant temptations to the men and women of Naples—but evil also lurks in the sweet-smelling spring air. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead after being suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears... Read more »
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The Bottom of Your Heart
By: Maurizio de Giovanni & Antony Shugaar
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 14 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
In the middle of a summer heat wave, as Naples prepares for one of its most important holy days, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from the window of his office. For Commissario Ricciardi and Brigadier Maione, it is the beginning of an investigation that will bring them into contact with the most torrid, conflicting, and enduring of human... Read more »
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