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'Flowers Over The Inferno' Has A Tantalizing Weirdness

Ilaria Tuti's crime thriller, set in the mountains of northern Italy, stars a classic odd couple of cops: A gruff, aging, unhealthy veteran detective and her young whippersnapper of a partner.
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Small towns filled with secrets and an unlikely detective duo go together like an Aperol spritz before pasta – which is to say, very well. The small town in Illaria Tuti's , translated by Ekin Oklap, is located in the northern Italian mountains and the duo in question are two

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