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The Disappearance of Signora Giulia
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When the sad, beautiful Signora Giulia goes missing without a trace from her Lake Como villa home, it is her husband who reports her disappearance to the detective Sciancalepre, and so the search begins - one that takes Sciancalepre beneath the tranquil surface of local bourgeois society, a world of snobbery and secrets, while mysterious shadows lurk in the grounds of the family villa . . . As his investigation gathers pace this atmospheric classic detective story becomes a thrilling game of legal cat and mouse.
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“The Disappearance of Signora Giulia, first published in 1962 as a serial in a Swiss local newspaper, is a simple yet engaging thriller that pulls you in from the start. Even though the book is quite short, the story is well-written and has some great twists that keep you interested as it unfolds.
One of the most interesting things about the book is that it’s inspired by a real-life event, the 1960s Bebawi Case, which involved the murder of Farouk Chourbag. This real-world connection makes the story feel more believable. However, the ending is left open, which might not satisfy everyone.
“Justice is a machine with neither heart nor intelligence: it acts as instructed. And the instruction is determined by the evidence.”
I was originally going to rate this book 3.5, but given that it was published in 1970, I think it’s quite impressive for its time. So I decided on a 4.0 rating. My only issue is that the murder is mostly shown through other characters’ viewpoints, which makes it feel a bit distant. Overall, The Disappearance of Signora Giulia is a good, classic thriller.”
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About Piero Chiara
Born in 1913, in a town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy, Piero Chiara worked as a court employee until the outbreak of Word War Two. When the Fascist authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in 1944 he fled to Switzerland, where his first work of literature, a collection of poetry entitled Incantavi, was published in 1945. After the war he returned to Italy, and became one of the most celebrated writers of the post-war period. The winner of more than a dozen literary prizes - including the 1964 Campiello and the 1979 Bancarello - he is widely read and studied in his home country, and his stories and novels have been adapted for both television and film. Piero Chiara died in 1986. The Disappearance of Signora Guilia is his first book to be translated into English.
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