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The Nymph of Syracuse

By: Alexander Lucie-Smith
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 Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest and author of several books, fiction and non-fiction alike. His latest work is a series of stories about the Sicilian Mafia. He speaks Italian, has lived in Italy, and has travelled widely in the peninsula.

'They were, she reflected, in one of the most beautiful places on earth. But one never truly got away. There was no freedom, only temporary reprieves. There was always a debt to pay, always a reckoning.'

Calogero di Rienzi receives a cryptic message summoning him from the Purgatory quarter of Catania, which he controls, to a meeting in Noto. Here Anna Maria Tancredi, who runs a private bank, explains to him the role he is to play in a pump and dump scheme connected to the Messina Bridge project, which has just been reactivated by the Berlusconi government. This meeting with have fateful consequences, for him, for her, and for his ex-lover Anna, the nymph of Syracuse. This is the second story in the series, the sequel to The Chemist of Catania.

“I review a lot of crime novels, and they very seldom come up to the level of Alexander Lucie-Smith’s riveting Sicilian stories. He paints the landscapes and townscapes of Catania with brightness. The plots are fast, the characters unforgettable. Menace, suspense, lust, love, fear all enliven his narrative. I can see him becoming a real ‘cult’ author, as well as translating with ease to the silver screen.” AN Wilson Crime Fiction Italy
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