"The English are dying too much." is an observation made by the Florence chief of police.
The narrator of this story is an ex-pat American living in Florence. He writes letters home to a friend describing the situation in 1855 Florence. Robert Booth tells of the first victim, a young woman both men had known in Boston. At the murder scene he meets Robert Browning, the famous poet. Together they launch their own investigation because they think that the police of Florence are incompetent.
Unfortunately, their amateur investigation seems to become undone when each suspect is killed in their turn.
I found that author Michael Dibdin's story was very wordy. This might be because he was trying to write in the Victorian style. I also must admit, that this was not a book I enjoyed to any great extend.
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