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The Dogs Of Rome (2010)

by Conor Fitzgerald(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1608190153 (ISBN13: 9781608190157)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

series

Commissario Alec Blume

review 1: Interesting premise, absolutely dull delivery. It is rare to read a detective novel in which the detective is such a complete bore. Yawn. So, there is this American expatriate, originally from Seattle, whose art historian parents passed away when he was a teen and left him to grow up and spend the rest of his life in Rome. He becomes a police detective. My gripe with this author is that he did not create anything distinctive about this protagonist. Yes, he likes peanut butter and yes, he shows up to an initial police investigation in running shorts, but other than that nothing really stands out about his behavior. Sure these small indicators of "American-ness" are highlighted but, as the kids say, whatever. As to the police procedural part of this novel, it is rather bori... moreng. The investigation is drawn out, and the few interesting secondary characters never get any depth. It is all too prolonged. Hopefully, if this series continues, the author will spice it up a bit. If you like novels set in Italy featuring sloppy police work, albeit fascinating characters, try Andrea Camilleri or Donna Leon.
review 2: One of the most appealing fictional detectives I have found it some timr and the first of a series which is even better - I've already placed a hold on the next book, The Fatal Touch. Alex Blume is a Commissario, a senior officer in the Roman police. The riddle of his distinctly un-Italian name is gradually revealed throughout the book. Suffice to say that his residence there was the result of a childhook tragedy and rather than returning to his American homeland he remained in Rome and became thorougly Romanized, fluent in Italian and with all the cynicism that a career in the Roman police could be expected to generate. Everyone has secrets, and everyone is a little (or in some case very) corrupt. Blume finds love and honour in unexpected places and his gradual unravelling of the murder of a very well connected animal rights activist brings him into contact with the highest reaches of both the political and the criminal worlds. Nicely written and seemed very authentic in the descriptions of Rome, both physical and social less

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