From the bestselling author of Los Alamos and The Good German comes a riveting tale of love, revenge and murder set in postwar Venice
It is 1946, and a stunned Europe is beginning its slow recovery from the ravages of World War II. Adam Miller has come to Venice to visit his widowed mother and try to forget the horrors he has witnessed as a U.S. Army war crimes investigator in Germany. Nothing has changed in Venice-not the beautiful palazzi, not the violins at Florian's, not the shifting water that makes the city, untouched by bombs, still seem a dream.
But when Adam falls in love with Claudia, a Jewish woman scarred by her devastating experiences during the war, he is forced to confront another Venice, a city still at war with itself, haunted by atrocities it would rather forget. Everyone, he discovers, has been compromised by the Occupation-the international set drinking at Harry's, the police who kept order for the Germans, and most of all Gianni Maglione, the suave and enigmatic Venetian who happens to be his mother's new suitor. And when, finally, the troubled past erupts in violent murder, Adam finds himself at the center of a web of deception, intrigue, and unexpected moral dilemmas. When is murder acceptable? What are the limits of guilt? How much is someone willing to pay for a perfect alibi?
Using the piazzas and canals of Venice as an enthralling but sinister backdrop, Joseph Kanon has again written a gripping historical thriller. Alibi is at once a murder mystery, a love story, and a superbly crafted novel about the nature of moral responsibility.
It is 1946, and a stunned Europe is beginning its slow recovery from the ravages of World War II. Adam Miller has come to Venice to visit his widowed mother and try to forget the horrors he has witnessed as a U.S. Army war crimes investigator in Germany. Nothing has changed in Venice-not the beautiful palazzi, not the violins at Florian's, not the shifting water that makes the city, untouched by bombs, still seem a dream.
But when Adam falls in love with Claudia, a Jewish woman scarred by her devastating experiences during the war, he is forced to confront another Venice, a city still at war with itself, haunted by atrocities it would rather forget. Everyone, he discovers, has been compromised by the Occupation-the international set drinking at Harry's, the police who kept order for the Germans, and most of all Gianni Maglione, the suave and enigmatic Venetian who happens to be his mother's new suitor. And when, finally, the troubled past erupts in violent murder, Adam finds himself at the center of a web of deception, intrigue, and unexpected moral dilemmas. When is murder acceptable? What are the limits of guilt? How much is someone willing to pay for a perfect alibi?
Using the piazzas and canals of Venice as an enthralling but sinister backdrop, Joseph Kanon has again written a gripping historical thriller. Alibi is at once a murder mystery, a love story, and a superbly crafted novel about the nature of moral responsibility.
Genre: Thriller
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Hardback Editions
October 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Alibi (Thorndike Basic) Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-7862-7966-4 / 978-0-7862-7966-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-316-73059-9 / 978-0-316-73059-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Alibi: A Novel Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-8050-7886-X / 978-0-8050-7886-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 1-4056-1182-0 / 978-1-4056-1182-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 1-4056-2169-9 / 978-1-4056-2169-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-7515-3726-8 / 978-0-7515-3726-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Sphere Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-7515-3910-4 / 978-0-7515-3910-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Alibi: A Novel Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-312-42590-2 / 978-0-312-42590-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-316-73060-2 / 978-0-316-73060-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2005 : Paperback
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-7394-6192-3 / 978-0-7394-6192-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Henry Holt Availability: Amazon More details... |
2004 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
November 2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Alibi Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 0-7531-3447-0 / 978-0-7531-3447-4 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Alibi: A Novel Author(s): Joseph Kanon ISBN: 1-59397-758-1 / 9781593977580 (USA edition) Publisher: Renaissance Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
April 2005 : Audio CD
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2005 : Audio Cassette
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April 2010 : Kindle edition
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December 2004 : Kindle edition
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