Death of a Dutchman — Magdalen Nabb

“The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit."  -- Washington Post Book World

Summoned by an aged woman to investigate mysterious noises in the vacant flat next to hers, Marshal Guarnaccia discovers a dying Dutch jeweler. The old lady had known him when he was a boy growing up in Florence. Could he have returned to the family home just to commit suicide? Or could the man be the victim of a cunning murderer?