
Crime novelist Michael Dibdin has died at the age of 60. Dibdin is best known for his character Italian detective Aurelio Zen. Debdin’s first Zen novel Ratking won the Gold Digger award in 1988.
The Wolverhampton born author published his first novel, The Last Sherlock Holmes Story in 1978. After the success of Dibdin’s Ratking he penned a further 10 novels in this series, the last of which, End game will be published posthumously.