{"product_id":"9781848666887-a-woman-much-missed-a-commissario-soneri-investigation","title":"A Woman Much Missed: A Commissario Soneri Investigation","description":"\u003cp\u003eA few days before Christmas, with Parma gripped by frost and fog, Ghitta Tagliavini, the elderly owner of a guesthouse in the old town centre, is found murdered in her apartment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The case is assigned to Commissario Soneri, but the investigation holds a painful, personal element that sends waves of nostalgia sweeping through him. Tagliavini's guesthouse is where Soneri met his late wife Ada, and where the young couple spent unforgettable hours in each other's company.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the present can embitter even the sweetest memories. An old photograph of Ada with another man sends Soneri into a spiral of despondency, ever more so when he realises her death may be linked to Tagliavina's lucrative sideline as a backstreet abortionist and faith healer.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though Soneri would like nothing more than to be allowed to drop the case, he doggedly persists, uncovering at last, along with the truth behind Tagliavini's death, rife corruption at Parma's rotten heart and a raft of ghosts from Italy's divisive past.\u003cp\u003eValerio Varesi has been the Parma correspondent for \u003ci\u003eLa\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStampa \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRiver of Shadows \u003c\/i\u003ewas the first of a series of thrillers featuring Commissario Soneri, now the central figure of one of Italy's most popular television dramas. It was followed in English translation by \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGold Frankincense and Dust \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Woman Much Missed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46645212414171,"sku":"9781848666887","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4e383b0e75ec445ebe35564c6c9d73d0.png?v=1743119410","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781848666887-a-woman-much-missed-a-commissario-soneri-investigation","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}