{"product_id":"black-run-a-rocco-schiavone-mystery-9780062310057","title":"Black Run: A Rocco Schiavone Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlready an international hit, a sly, sizzling mystery--the first in a sensational crime series--set in the Italian Alps, reminiscent of the works of Andrea Camilleri, D. A. Mishani, Donna Leon, and Henning Mankell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGetting into serious trouble with the wrong people, deputy prefect of police Rocco Schiavone is exiled to Aosta, a small, touristy alpine town far from his beloved Rome. The sophisticated and crotchety Roman despises mountains, snow, and the provincial locals as much as he disdains his superiors and their petty rules. But he loves solving crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a mangled body has been discovered on a ski run above Champoluc, Rocco immediately faces his first challenge--identifying the victim, a complex procedure complicated by his ignorance of the customs, dialect, and history of his new home. Proud and undaunted, Rocco makes his way among the ski runs, mountain huts, and aerial tramways, meeting ski instructors, Alpine guides, the hardworking, enigmatic folk of Aosta, and a few beautiful locals eager to give him a warm welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt won't be easy, this mountain life, especially with a corpse or two in the mix. But then there's nothing that makes Rocco feel more at home than an investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn insightful observer of human nature, Antonio Manzini writes with sly humor and a dash of irony, and introduces an irresistible hero--a fascinating blend of swagger, machismo, and vulnerability--in a colorful and atmospheric crime mystery series that is European crime fiction at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManzini, Antonio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAntonio Manzini is an actor, a screenwriter, a director, and the author of two murder mysteries featuring Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone. \u003cem\u003eBlack Run\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of these novels to be translated into English. He lives in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727752728850,"sku":"9780062310057","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5b422ca-2930-4474-930e-4cd0d3a7e6be.jpg?v=1734920801","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-run-a-rocco-schiavone-mystery-9780062310057","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}