The curse of Pietro Houdini Dashiell Hammett Everyman FFC Hardback 2000 The Seven mean to use

The Seven mean to use all their detective know-how to find out

craftily-plotted detective novel in the bestselling Lord Peter Wimsey series

Chandler's first novel

Who is determined to sabotage the production at any cost

its landmarks and its people

The curse of Pietro Houdini Dashiell Hammett Everyman FFC Hardback 2000 The Seven mean to useThe bombing of Rome in 1943 leaves fourteen year old Massimo orphaned and with no choice but to set out on a perilous journey to find his remaining family in Naples. A chance meeting with the mysterious and charismatic Pietro Houdini will deliver both of them to the doors of the monastery of Monte Cassino, a centuries old haven of contemplation, learning and art. But the abbey is in the path of the relentless Allied advance to Rome. Pietro and Massimo