Michael Dibdin

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born

March 21, 1947 in Wolverhampton, The United Kingdom

died

March 30, 2007

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Michael Dibdin was born in 1947. He went to school in Northern Ireland, and later to Sussex University and the University of Alberta in Canada. He lived in Seattle. After completing his first novel, The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, in 1978, he spent four years in Italy teaching English at the University of Perugia. His second novel, A Rich Full Death, was published in 1986. It was followed by Ratking in 1988, which won the Gold Dagger Award for the Best Crime Novel of the year and introduced us to his Italian detective - Inspector Aurelio Zen.

Dibdin was married three times, most recently to the novelist K. K. Beck. His death in 2007 followed a short illness.

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* Aurelio Zen

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Books by Michael Dibdin

Average rating: 3.62 · 4,355 ratings · 582 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Ratking (Aurelio Zen, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 606 ratings — published 1989 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Last Sherlock Holmes Story 3.71 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Dead Lagoon (Aurelio Zen, #4) 3.80 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Vendetta (Aurelio Zen, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Così Fan Tutti (Aurelio Zen, #5) 3.61 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Cabal (Aurelio Zen, #3) 3.64 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	My rating:
	A Long Finish (Aurelio Zen, #6) 3.64 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Blood Rain (Aurelio Zen, #7) 3.68 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Medusa (Aurelio Zen, #9) 3.64 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions	My rating:
	And Then You Die (Aurelio Zen, #8) 3.60 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	My rating:

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Aurelio Zen (11 books)
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Quotes by Michael Dibdin

“He certainly seemed to have all the qualities of a gentleman, but the interesting kind who knows exactly when to stop behaving like one.”
― Michael Dibdin, Medusa

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“Criminals have the same aspirations as everyone else. That's why they become criminals.”
― Michael Dibdin, Ratking

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