Pre-Owned The Dogs of Rome: A Commissario Alec Blume Novel (Paperback) by Conor Fitzgerald

from jtck121166

Alec Blume, American by birth, is not as charismatic or as interesting to the English reader as the Italian Commissario Salvo Montalbano; nor is political dimension of Roman police procedural handled with the skill of Michael Dibdin, but nevertheless the novel does come to life. Interiors, food, ...

from SignoraEdie

I am an Italophile and am drawn to any books set in Italy or about Italy and the people. I love Inspector Brunetti in Venice and I love Inspector Montalbano in Sicily. So when I put my hands on "The Dogs of Rome," I was prepared to fall in love again, with Commissario Alec Blume. Set in Rome the ...

from tjsjohanna

Alec is an appealing if somewhat flawed character and I liked the way his past intertwined with the case he works in this novel. I also enjoyed the view of Rome - Alec's background as an American who has been living in Italy since his childhood makes for a unique point of view.

from Romonko

I love reading detective books from different parts of the world. Currently I'm reading series in Edinburgh (Rebus); Galway, Ireland (Jack Taylor), Quebec (Gamache), Southern France (Bruno Chief of Police) and Yorkshire (Vera Stanhope), so it was fun to find this series set in present day Rome. C...

from wdwilson3

The Dogs of Rome follows American-born Rome Police Comissario Alec Blume as he tries to find the killer of a politician's husband. Blume's efforts are constantly being thwarted by internal police politics, an organized crime boss and his own blunders. Blume doesn't appear particularly capable in ...