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Start with I Will Have Vengeance and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with I Will Have Vengeance
Book 1 by Maurizio de Giovanni • Published 2007
At Naples's San Carlo theater, one of the world's greatest tenors is found murdered in his dressing room on a bitter March night in 1931. Surrounded by jealous colleagues and nervous Fascist officials, Ricciardi track...
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Commissario Ricciardi reading order
Ends with Il pianto dell'alba
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Book 1:I Will Have Vengeance
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2007
At Naples's San Carlo theater, one of the world's greatest tenors is found murdered in his dressing room on a bitter March night in 1931. Surrounded by jealous colleagues and nervous Fascist officials, Ricciardi track...
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Book 2:Blood Curse
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2008
An elderly fortune teller and moneylender, Carmela Calise, is beaten to death in her cramped apartment. Ricciardi and Maione uncover a web of clients and debtors whose futures she manipulated, forcing them to ask who...
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Book 3:Everyone in Their Place
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2009
The beautiful Duchess of Camparino is shot in her apartment as summer crowds fill Naples. Ricciardi and Maione navigate Fascist politics, gossip columns, and bitter household feuds to decide whether love, money, or po...
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Book 4:Day of the Dead
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2010
During the autumn week when Naples honors its dead, a street child is found lifeless on church steps. With his unsettling gift suddenly silent, Ricciardi investigates in secret while officials prepare for Mussolini's...
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Book 5:By My Hand
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2011
Just before Christmas, a Fascist militia officer and his wife are slaughtered in their elegant Naples apartment, apparently by two different killers. Following a trail of humiliation, extortion, and betrayal, Ricciard...
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Book 6:Viper
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2012
At the high class brothel called Paradiso, the city's most sought after prostitute, known as Viper, is found suffocated in her bed a week before Easter 1932. Ricciardi must untangle the desires and resentments of clie...
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Book 7:The Bottom of Your Heart
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2014
During a brutal Neapolitan heat wave and a major religious festival, a famous gynecologist plunges from his hospital office window. Ricciardi and Maione sift through infidelity, professional rivalries, and old grievan...
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Book 8:Glass Souls
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2015
A proud countess begs Ricciardi to reopen a homicide case that the police have already closed. Investigating in secret, he moves between salons and slums while wrestling with his own isolation, uncovering how fragile...
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Book 9:Nameless Serenade
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2016
A respected shop owner is found dead in the street, and suspicion falls on Vincenzo Sannino, a former boxing hero who lost both his career and the woman he loved to the victim. Under Fascist pressure, Ricciardi must d...
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Book 10:Winter Swallows
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2017
As Naples readies for New Year, aging stage star Michelangelo Gelmi shoots his wife during their nightly act when a live round replaces a blank. Commissario Ricciardi probes jealousies, fading fame and backstage rival...
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Book 11:Il purgatorio dell'angelo
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2018
On the rocky shoreline of Posillipo, the body of Father Angelo, a much loved elderly priest, is found brutally killed. While Maione hunts a skilled gang of thieves, Ricciardi digs into decades of confessions and quiet...
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Book 12:Il pianto dell'alba
Maurizio de Giovanni • 2019
In the sweltering summer of 1934, just as Ricciardi finally seems to glimpse a peaceful future, a high ranking German officer is murdered and suspicion falls on someone from the commissario's past. The case forces him...
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Commissario Ricciardi FAQ
What is the best order to read the Commissario Ricciardi series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with I Will Have Vengeance.
How many books are in the Commissario Ricciardi series?
There are 12 books currently listed in the Commissario Ricciardi series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Commissario Ricciardi series?
New readers should start with I Will Have Vengeance, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Commissario Ricciardi series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2007 to 2019.