End Games

End Games brings Italian police detective Aurelio Zen to remote Calabria, at the toe of the Italian boot, on a routine assignment. But what he encounters there is anything but routine. Beneath the surface of a tight-knit traditional community - with plenty of secrets and loyalties that go back centuries - violent forces are at work.

Zen is determined to find a way to penetrate the code of silence and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder, but his mission is complicated by another secret which has drawn strangers from the other side of the world on a hunt for buried treasure launched by a single-minded player with millions to spend pursuing his bizarre and deadly obsession.

Michael Dibdin has crafted a suspensful, action-packed thriller that takes the reader on a journey deep into a proud and ancient culture and the dark corners of the human heart.

"Didbin's Italy-based Aurelio Zen tales are among the best in the mystery genre."
--"The Boston Globe
""Didbin has an abundance of gifts: bracing wit, the ability to wring unexpected poignance out of dark comedy, and a gift for striking imagery."
--"The Wall Street Journal
""Didbin belongs to that hierarchy of innovative stylists who make it a point of honor never to repeat a singal trick."
--"The New York Times Book Review
""Didbin's work deserves comparison with such...giants as Raymond Chandler."
--"The Oregonian
""Didbin is esential reading for those who love mysteries and Italy without illusions."
--"The Washington Post"

"From the Hardcover edition."

"Supremely talented and enormously witty."
-- "Globe and Mail"
"One of an elite cadre of crime fiction writers for whom literary critics break out all of their favorite adjectives."
-- "January Magazine"
"Michael Dibdin's policiers are more addictive than crack cocaine."
-- "The Guardian" (U.K.)
"[Dibdin] remains a class act, his vignettes of Italy as sharp as ever, his laconic hero impossible to resist."
-- "Sunday Telegraph" (U.K.)
" Supremely talented and enormously witty. "
-- Globe and Mail
" One of an elite cadre of crime fiction writers for whom literary critics break out all of their favorite adjectives. "
-- January Magazine
" Michael Dibdin ' s policiers are more addictive than crack cocaine. "
-- The Guardian (U.K.)
" [Dibdin] remains a class act, his vignettes of Italy as sharp as ever, his laconic hero impossible to resist. "
-- Sunday Telegraph (U.K.)
" Supremely talented and enormously witty."
-- "Globe and Mail"
" One of an elite cadre of crime fiction writers for whom literary critics break out all of their favorite adjectives."
-- "January Magazine"
" Michael Dibdin' s policiers are more addictive than crack cocaine."
-- "The Guardian" (U.K.)
" [Dibdin] remains a class act, his vignettes of Italy as sharp as ever, his laconic hero impossible to resist."
-- "Sunday Telegraph" (U.K.)

Michael Dibdin lived in Italy for many years and had 11 Zen books published which continue to entertain readers around the world.

He died three years ago. His novels won many awards including the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for Ratking.

The final Aurelio Zen novel from the master of Italian crime fiction, following Michael Dibdin's sad death in 2007. End Games brings Italian police detective Aurelio Zen to remote Calabria, at the toe of the Italian boot, on a routine assignment. But what he encounters there is anything but routine. Beneath the surface of a tight-knit traditional community - with plenty of secrets and loyalties that go back centuries - violent forces are at work. Zen is determined to find a way to penetrate the code of silence and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder, but his mission is complicated by another secret which has drawn strangers from the other side of the world on a hunt for buried treasure launched by a single-minded player with millions to spend pursuing his bizarre and deadly obsession. Michael Dibdin has crafted a suspensful, action-packed thriller that takes the reader on a journey deep into a proud and ancient culture and the dark corners of the human heart.

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