title: The Killing Room: A Mystery in Florence
author:  Christobel Kent 
description: Acountry-house mystery,with all the vices and foibles of the very rich on display.Kent is marvelous with description, both of her characters and of the vagaries of Florence. Heraddition of Luisa Cellinis wry, insightful point of view adds much to the story. The focus on the SanGiorgio makes this latest Cellini very tight and tense.<br /> - <strong><em>Booklist</em></strong><br /><br />Engaging. Complex, well-drawn characters. Kents understated style is powerful and evocative.<br /> - <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br />Another delectable dish of murder Florentine. With plotting worthy of Agatha Christie and color equal to that of Donna Leonand her own fine prose style and sense of placeKent concocts another classic mystery. Add her deftness of characterization, and <em>The Killing Room</em> explodes with life, death, geopoliticsand memorable literary flair.<br /> - <strong><em>Richmond Times-Dispatch</em></strong><br /><br />Christobel Kents Florentine mysteries are best read for their intimate views of the Oltrarno, the residential district on the south side of the Arno.Lively.<br /> - <strong>Marilyn Stasio, <em>The New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br /><br />A tight mystery that features solid detective work, realistic character emotions and behaviors, and a pace that is nicely measured. A wonderful series from a strong author.<br /> - <strong><em>Bookgasm</em></strong>
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  # Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Caroline Wigley Clive
  
  
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  ### CHAPTER I.
  
  
  
  
  
  **A LONG** gallery opening on each side to small rooms gave the
  
  
  inhabitants of St. Cécile's Monastery access both to them and to the
  
  
  larger apartment which was inhabited by the Reverend Mother herself.
  
  
  This latter room was of an oblong shape, very bare of furniture, and
  
  
  of all kinds of decoration. The windows were without curtains; there
  
  
  was but one table, and on it stood a crucifix. Two benches by the wall
  
  
  were all the accommodation for sitting down. The one figure which
  
  
  occupied the chamber required not even so much, for she was kneeling
  
  
  in the middle of the floor, with support of no ki