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 his office window. 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 passions. In the world Ricciardi and Maione are about to enter, infidelity appears inextricable from the most joyful expressions of love, and, this interdependence sows doubt and uncertainty in both men, compromising their personal lives.

Ricciardi is one of the most intriguing and unique figures to appear in crime fiction in recent years. He possesses the dubious gift of being able to see and hear the last seconds in the lives of those who have suffered a violent death. This makes him an unusually effective investigator, but it also renders real human relationships almost impossible. He is a classic noir hero and the cursed son of a city that, for all its Mediterranean splendor, is a perfect noir setting.

In this new installment in the Commissario Ricciardi series, Maurizio de Giovanni proves once again why he is considered one of the best crime writers working today.

Maurizio de Giovanni
Maurizio de Giovanni’s Commissario Ricciardi books are bestsellers across Europe, with sales of the series approaching 1 million copies. De Giovanni is also the author of the contemporary Neapolitan thriller, The Crocodile. He lives in Naples with his family.

• Nov 7 2016
  Seasons of blood: The Commissario Ricciardi novels of Maurizio De Giovanni
  — Exotic and irrational entertainment
• May 27 2016
  The Mysteries of Naples
  — Wall Street Journal
• Feb 1 2016
  The Bottom of Your Heart: Inferno for Commissario Ricciardi
  — Historical novel society
• Nov 19 2015
  The Bottom of Your Heart: Inferno for Commissario Ricciardi
  — Barnes & Nobles Review
• Nov 9 2015
  Maurizio de Giovanni–THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART
  — SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH BOOKS
• Nov 3 2015
  Mike Ripley's Getting away with murder
  — Shots Magazine