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|author=Augusto De de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)
|reviewer= JY Saville
|genre=Crime
|date=February 2016
|isbn=978-1782271703
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Inspector De Vincenzi is working against the clock. A body was found in his old school-friend Giannetto Aurigi's apartment in the early hours of this morning and the investigating magistrate wants to take over as quickly as possible. The trouble is, Aurigi owed the dead man money, has been acting strangely, and isn't trying to defend himself. Unless De Vincenzi finds strong evidence to the contrary today, the investigating magistrate will see it as an open and shut case, and that will be the end of Aurigi. But none of the evidence seems to add up.
I read a lot of Georges Simenon's Maigret novels when I was younger and I've re-read and enjoyed some recently, but I think The Murdered Banker has dated more than Maigret. De Angelis is widely considered the father of Italian crime writing though, so this is certainly worth a read if you're interested in widening your reading horizons and enjoy old European fiction.
If you want to stick with Italian crime but you fancy more of the traditional detective style you might like the Aurelio Zen novels by Michael Dibdin, a British author who lived in Italy, such as [[Dead Lagoon by Michael Dibdin|Dead Lagoon]] which also involves a childhood friend of the detective. Alternatively if you want more translated crime that isn't quite so straightforward, try Argentinian novel [[The Case of Lisandra P. by Helene Gremillion and Alison Anderson (translator)|The Case of Lisandra P]]. We also have a review of [[The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)]].
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