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End Games by Michael Dibdin

With the author's untimely death last year, this is destined to be the last outing for the world-weary Aurelio Zen, one of the great fictional detectives. Zen is dispatched to yet another part of Italy with which he is not familiar (Calabria), where his struggles with the local culture are as intense as his efforts to unravel a dastardly plot. To be honest, this a far-fetched tale of illicit treasure-hunting conducted under the cover of movie-making, but such details have never been the strength of this series. The true enjoyment resides in again making the acquaintance of a droll companion. And, sadly, saying goodbye..

Synopsis by Foyles.co.uk

Aurelio Zen is posted to Calabria, where in the heart of a tight-knit traditional community there has been a brutal murder. Zen is determined to find a way to penetrate the code of silence and uncover the truth. But his mission is complicated by another secret which has drawn strangers from the other side of the world - a hunt for buried treasure launched by a single-minded player with millions to spend pursuing his bizarre and deadly obsession.

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