Into the Killer Sphere by Stefania Mattana

It looks like an accident, but Alunni is not convinced: so who killed Galli? Despite his plans for a vacation, Chase ends up in a detective story he has to unravel the knots in a high ranking family of Tursenia, a Medieval city in the heart of Italy, where appearances always come first and foremost, especially if you are wealthy.

Piero Galli has died as a result of a chandelier falling on him and breaking his neck.

Chase Williams is looking forward to a solitary week off, away from the office, when he is dragged into a strange murder mystery by his friend, Inspector Angelo Alunni. I hope that Chase becomes the sort of person I can relate to in further books.What if a former British detective from Scotland Yard is called to solve a murder mystery in Italy? What if a domestic accident turns into a murder case? Mystery, conspiracy, drugs, family intrigues. It is a great skill if you can build several books around a particular character and the author has discovered a character in Chase that will allow her to do so. It is not a term I think a person in Chase’s position would call his friend it’s more a term you would expect from a couple of friends meeting down the pub! I struggled to connect with the characters, I felt that the character of Chase was weak and calling Angelo ‘mate’ was irritating. Was it an unfortunate accident or something more sinister? Chase’s formidable detection skills are put to the test as many of the family members could have committed the crime, but he soon discovers the guilty party. They are shown upstairs to a room where the body of Piero Galli lies under a large chandelier that has fallen from the ceiling and killed him. The two men arrive at a villa owned by the wealthy Galli family.

Angelo asks for Chase’s help in solving a rather unusual case. He has a few welcome days off and plans a nice quiet vacation, but instead gets a call from his friend Angelo Alunni, an Inspector in the Tursenian police force. He now works in Ernesto Ceccarelli’s cashmere company in Tursenia, Italy. Into the Killer Sphere by Stefania MattanaĬhase Williams, is a detective who worked at Scotland Yard, until continuing mishaps forced him to give up his career.