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Book Description
Douglas Preston fulfilled a lifelong dream when he moved with his family to a farmhouse in Florence. Upon meeting the celebrated journalist Mario Spezi, Preston was stunned to learn that the olive grove next to this home had been the scene of a horrific double murder committed by one of the most infContinue
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readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010
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Sex crimes and the city
For anyone with a taste for such things, the Monster of Florence remains the most fascinating serial killer of the 20th century. In many ways, the events read like a novel: there's a killer with a gruesome "signature"; there's a link to a murder from ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
5 Reviews
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Livo said on Nov 6, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
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Who is the Monster?
After Years, we still don't know the real identity of the Monster.
The book is a detailed summary of the investigation seen with the eyes of an Italian Juornalist and an American Novelist directly involved in it, but the thing that frightened me the most was the Italian judicial system and prosec ... (continue)
Fayd said on Jan 27, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
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If you, like me. love real-life, mystery, suspense & detective investigations this book is most definitely going to disappoint you!
It left me frustrated!
Every chapter was a struggle & the story kept me wanting to stop reading!!The only parts I enjoy were the little bits of Florence history, his ... (continue)
Nini said on Jan 9, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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A scary and fascinating read on the many mistakes made in the famous investigation on the Monster of Florence. And guess what? The public prosecutor in the Amanda Knox case is the same one that indicted Preston and Spezi for various imaginary crimes while they were writing the book...the same one wh ... (continue)
Demonio Pellegrino said on Dec 8, 2009 | Add your feedback
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January 5th -- I'm a little over half done. It has gotten very repetitive, so I'm trying to read/skim as fast as I can to get to the nitty-gritty of it.
January 14th -- Finished it. It maintained my interest in parts, but in the end I felt I had spent more time on it than it was worth.Missmath144 said on Jan 12, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Lucca Ita 
'The Monster of Florence' by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi
Last year I read an amazing true-crime book called The Vienna Woods Killer: A Writer's Double Life by John Leake about a journalist who reported on the brutal murders he himself had committed. It was one of those "truth is stranger than fiction" book ... (read full critics)