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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1982
  • Latest Book:
    October 2013
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Full Series List in Order

A Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery

1 - Death of an Englishman (Nov-1982)
2 - Death of a Dutchman (Mar-1983)
3 - Death in Springtime (May-1984)
4 - Death in Autumn (Jun-1985)
5 - The Marshal and the Murderer (Dec-1987)
6 - The Marshall and the Madwoman (Dec-1988)
7 - The Marshal's Own Case (Jul-1990)
8 - The Marshal Makes His Report (Sep-1992)
9 - The Marshal at the Villa Torrini (Jul-1994)
10 - The Marshal and the Forgery (1995)
11 - Property of Blood (Sep-2001)
12 - Some Bitter Taste (Oct-2002)
13 - The Marshal and the Madwoman (Oct-2003)
14 - The Innocent (Oct-2005)
15 - Vita Nuova (Jun-2008)

Book List in Order: 25 titles



  • Death of an Englishman introduces Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia, a Sicilian stationed in Florence. He wants to go south for Christmas to spend the holiday with his family, but he is laid up with the flu. At this awkward moment, the death of a retired ...



  • “The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit."  -- Washington Post Book WorldSummoned by an aged woman to investigate mysterious noises in the vaca...



  • A foreign student is kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight. The unusual March snowfall has distracted everyone, even Marshal Guarnaccia. But he must find the girl who is being held for ransom before her abductors change their minds and kill her....



  • They found the body in the river just as dawn was breaking over Florence ... The dead woman was wearing a lot of rings, a, large bracelet, elegant earrings--and underneath her expensive fur coat she was absolutely naked. At first, it seemed lik...



  • WHEN A FOREIGNER IS MISSING IN ITALY, IT USUALLY MEANS TROUBLE. THIS TIME, IT MEANS MURDER. A young Swiss art student has been reported missing and Marshal Guarnaccia must travel to the small town where she was studying to find out the truth about...



  • Ten years after the murder of Italian statesman Carlo Rota, a member of the Red Brigades, the terrorist group responsible for the crime, breaks the code of silence and Prosecutor Lapo Bardi quickly utilizes the new evidence...






  • The seventh Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation For the first time, Marshal Guarnaccia is assigned to be lead on a murder investigation. When the dismembered body of a beautiful woman turns out to be that of a transsexual prostitute, the marshal must le...









  • The eighth Marshal Guarnaccia investigationA member of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Florence is dead. When Marshal Guarnaccia arrives at the scene, in the courtyard of the crumbling Palazzo Ulderighi, he knows instinctively that somethi...



  • This is a second book of stories about Josie Smith and describes her day trip to the seaside with her mum and gran. She rides a donkey, meets a dog, makes a new friend and brings back a windmill for her best friend....



  • A prominent writer is found dead in the Villa Torrini outside of Florence without any marks of physical harm on her. Her husband, who was heavily intoxicated in the next room, is exhibiting signs of guilt, but the carabinieri are having trouble findi...




  • A lonely young girl living on a remote farm with her work obsessed-parents cares for an old and battered wooden horse with such devotion that it comes to life....




  • Josie Smith is the irrespressible little girl who's been on Granada TV in several series. She's the one who's jealous of her best friend Eileen (who always gets whatever she wants). She's also the one who gets into trouble all the time, but generally...



  • The second of the new Josie Smith seasonal titles -- three stories in one book featuring this irresistable young lady. The second book in the new Josie Smith series which sees Josie through the seasons of the year. Josie Smith in Spring contains thre...






  • The American-born founder of a prominent fashion house, Contessa Olivia Brunamonti, is mistaken for her daughter and kidnapped by a group of Sardinian shepherds. They’re holding her deep in the Tuscan hills and have demanded a huge sum for her retu...



  • Droves of people come to marshal Guarnaccia’s office in the Pitti Palace to ask for help. He is doing what he can for an Albanian prostitute to keep her out of prison and get her off the streets and he wants to comfort Sarah Hirsch, a lonely and ne...



  • Out giving his wife driving lessons, Marshal Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri witnesses a disturbance in the streets involving a local eccentric, “crazy Clementina.” When the woman is found dead in her apartment soon after the incident of an apparen...



  • The body of a woman has been found half submerged in an ornamental fish pond in Florence's Boboli Gardens, high above the Pitti Palace where Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri is stationed. At first, the woman cannot be identified; only her skull ...



  • Daniela is a quiet single mother studying for a doctorate in chemistry. She rarely goes out, so her murder in her bedroom at the family's new villa seems inexplicable. It is true that her mother, who appears to be an alcoholic; her younger sister, wh...



  • Based on a chilling true crime, "The Monster of Florence" follows the reopening of a cold case -- a serial killer who terrorized Florence for two decades. Marshal Guarnaccia's job with the Carabinieri usually involves restoring stolen handbags to...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Magdalen Nabb has published 25 books.

Magdalen Nabb does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Monster of Florence, was published in October 2013.

The first book by Magdalen Nabb, Death of an Englishman, was published in November 1982.

Yes. Magdalen Nabb has 1 series.