"In November 1944, Bologna's bomb-scarred streets are filled with starving refugees fleeing the advancing Allies. The Fascist Black Brigades, S.S. officers, and Italian Resistance partisans compete for control. Comandante De Luca, once Bologna's most brilliant investigative officer, now works for the Political Police in a torture facility. He faces three murders: a professor shot through the eye, an engineer beaten to death, and a German corporal gnawed by rats in a flooded cellar. De Luca must solve these cases to save ten Italian hostages from a Nazi firing squad. As he navigates personal and political motivations, risking his life, De Luca uncovers secrets in the frozen heart of Bologna."
"1940, in un piccolo studio dell’E.I.A.R., l’Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche sta per iniziare la diretta del radiodramma Il mistero del Labirinto, quando per ordine del Ministero della Cultura Popolare, su direttiva del Duce stesso, bisogna cambiare il finale. È così che, tra la comparsata di un’attrice famosa e l’ispezione di un Console Generale della Milizia, attori, rumorista e il regista cercano di trovare un colpevole. Il microcosmo della radio diventa lo specchio di una realtà sotto censura nella quale il raccontare è l’ingegnarsi a trovare scappatoie."
"A serial killer is terrorising the people of Bologna and rookie Detective Inspector Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case. She only has one witness who can identify the killer - and he is blind. Simone spends his nights listening to Chet Baker and scanning the radio waves of the city, eavesdropping on other people's lives. He imagines what people are like - based on the 'colour' of their voice - and his acute hearing sets alarm bells ringing when he tunes in to the killer. Together Simone and Negro are the only people able to stop the killer, before he closes in on Simone-From the diverse perspectives of the detective, the blind Simone and the killer, Lucarelli, master of Italian noir, weaves a gripping thriller."
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A professional killer is at large in the cities of Italy. Code-named 'Pit Bull', he is a master of disguise and an expert with weapons. He modifies his guns and his bullets are untraceable. His skill with prosthetics, wigs and makeup means that no two victims witness the same terrifying final vision. This is a hunt for a man with no face. Only the picture of a pit bull terrier left behind at each murder can link the crimes. Day after day, Ispettore Negro works on her seemingly impossible case. But when a young man unwittingly encounters Pit Bull in an internet chat room, he provides Negro with the clue that could lead her to her target.'Ispettore Grazia Negro thankfully remains centre stage-and Lucarelli carries over many of the fascinations of his feted first book' Time Out"