The other half of the writing team of Fruttero and Lucentini has now also passed away; see, for example, the note at AGI.
(Ridiculously, the only US/UK mass media mention I find so far is in The Guardian, in a letter to the editor (!).)
Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini remain very popular in most of Europe, but have fared very poorly in English translation, with only three titles published, and despite some critical and popular success -- The Sunday Woman (get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk) went through several editions, including a mass-market paperback one -- never really broke through. They are probably best known for their The D. Case, in which they complete Charles Dickens' The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk); there was also a UK edition of An Enigma by the Sea.
See also, for example, Glenn Harper's brief discussion of their work from a couple of years ago, as well as some more of Fruttero's (Italian) titles at Mondadori.
(While I do think Fruttero and Lucentini worthy of more/revived translation attention, I'll also take this opportunity to plug my favorite criminally under-translated Italian crime-writer, Giorgio Scerbanenco -- specifically his Duca Lamberti novels.)
Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini remain very popular in most of Europe, but have fared very poorly in English translation, with only three titles published, and despite some critical and popular success -- The Sunday Woman (get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk) went through several editions, including a mass-market paperback one -- never really broke through. They are probably best known for their The D. Case, in which they complete Charles Dickens' The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk); there was also a UK edition of An Enigma by the Sea.
See also, for example, Glenn Harper's brief discussion of their work from a couple of years ago, as well as some more of Fruttero's (Italian) titles at Mondadori.
(While I do think Fruttero and Lucentini worthy of more/revived translation attention, I'll also take this opportunity to plug my favorite criminally under-translated Italian crime-writer, Giorgio Scerbanenco -- specifically his Duca Lamberti novels.)