Small towns can hide big secrets, but Rocco Schiavone will do whatever it takes to bring them into the light. The second novel in the internationally bestselling series from Italian crime maestro Antonio Manzini.Small towns can hide big secrets, but Rocco Schiavone will do whatever it takes to bring them into the light. The second novel in the internationally bestselling series from Italian crime maestro Antonio Manzini.In an elegant apartment in a chilly Alpine town a cleaning lady makes a gruesome discovery: the body of her employer hanging from a chandelier in a dark room in an apparent suicide.Working the case is Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone, banished from his beloved Rome to snowy, small-town Aosta. An incurable cynic, perpetually at war with the world – and the weather – Rocco is unconvinced that Esther killed herself.Armed with his intuition and his inimitable brand of morality, he begins to hunt for a killer. But as he digs deeper into Esther’s life Rocco is increasingly troubled by personal matters: his dissatisfied girlfriend Nora; the very vocal memory of his deceased wife, Marina; and a score that still needs settling back in Rome.Small towns can hide big secrets, but Rocco will do whatever it takes to bring them into the light.Praise for the Rocco Schiavone Mysteries:‘At last a detective who’s not haunted by personal demons or soaked in booze – but who glories in his job of solving crimes. He would not be out of place in a James Ellroy masterpiece. The tale is deftly told with sharp, cynical dialogue. Let’s hear more of Schiavone’ Daily Mail‘An Italian detective to rival Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano’ GQ‘An arresting murder mystery’ Monocle‘Diamond-hard crime writing … this is lacerating stuff’ Barry Forshaw, Financial TimesAntonio Manzini is an actor, screenwriter, director, and the author of murder mysteries featuring Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone. He lives in Italy.• The second of this new crime series, Black Run was a top twenty bestseller in Italy.• It is ideal escapism with an irresistible and complex lead character, pacy plot, a dash of irony, a few sultry love interests, and an attractive Italian backdrop.• British readers have been lapping up international crime, demonstrated by the success of writers such as Ian Rankin (over 8 million copies sold), Donna Leon (over a million copies sold), Jo Nesbø (more than 2.5 million copies sold), Henning Mankell (more than 1.5 million copies sold), Andrea Camilleri (over 400,000 copies sold), and D. A. Mishani.• The novel has been sold in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Greece, with more countries to come. Manzini is set to become a truly international sensation.• 4th Estate has huge ambition for this new crime series. We will use our HarperCollins genre and consumer networks globally to promote, riding off other authors as diverse as Agatha Christie, Lauren Beukes and Val McDermid.Competition: The Hit (Leone Scamarcio 3); Darkness For The Bastards Of Pizzofalcone; The Bastards Of Pizzofalcone (World Noir); Murder On Brittany Shores (Death In Pont-Avent); The Mystery Of The Three Orchids (Pushkin Vertigo). Nadia Dalbuono;Maurizio de Giovanni; Jean-Luc Bannalec; Augusto De Angelis;
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