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An Enigma by the Sea

Carlo Fruttero

Translator Gregory Dowling

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

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Summary

On the wintry Tuscan coast, the wealthy elite retreat to their lavish holiday homes. But the season turns sinister when a couple vanishes from a locked villa, and the body of a dubious count washes ashore, bludgeoned to death. With echoes of Agatha Christie and the erudite suspense of Umberto Eco, a sly meditation on class, illusion, and desire, this literary mystery is both sharply observant and darkly entertaining.
Available since: 01/15/2026.
Print length: 416 pages.

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