End Games - 11 (40 page)

‘This maestro of crime writing, deploying all his powers of caustic intelligence, grisly inventiveness and blisteringly entertaining evocation of place, goes out in coruscating style.’ Peter Kemp,
Sunday Times
Books of the Year

‘Dibdin’s version of Italy is one that merits revisiting, his books as enriching in their own way as a stroll round the Uffizi.’ Jake Kerridge,
Daily Telegraph
Books of the Year

‘One of Dibdin’s finest works … Wonderful.’ Mark Sanderson,
Evening Standard

‘Ruth Rendell aside, no English writer has done more to expose the workings of the illusory barricade between crime fiction and literature.’ Christopher Bray,
New Statesman

‘With his customary wit and wry insights into Italian life, Dibdin has sustained … one of the more distinguished of any recent crime series.’ Simon Humphreys,
Mail on Sunday

‘One of the most memorable [creations] in crime fiction … Zen investigates with his inimitable mixture of world-weary insouciance, piercing insights into human souls, cunning, dodgy police tactics, and insubordinate behaviour.’ Marcel Berlins,
The Times

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THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY
A RICH FULL DEATH
THE TRYST
DIRTY TRICKS
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
DARK SPECTRE
THANKSGIVING

Aurelio Zen Series
RATKING
VENDETTA
CABAL
DEAD LAGOON
COSI FAN TUTTI
A LONG FINISH
BLOOD RAIN
AND THEN YOU DIE
MEDUSA
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