This translation from the original Italian was excellent. The author is a (former?) prosecuting lawyer in southern Italy, as is his character, who lives and works in the city of Bari. I love the crime and mystery genre, and have an especially soft spot for Italian mysteries, by Italians or by any...
Protagonist ist der Anwalt Guido Guerrieri, der gleichzeitig Ich-Erzähler ist. Er bekommt eines Tages die Anfrage, ob er nicht eine Frau dabei vertreten wolle, ihren Ex-Freund wegen häuslicher Gewalt vor Gericht zu bringen. Der Haken dabei? Besagter Ex ist Sohn eines angesehenen Richters in Bari ...
On the day of the exam, I went to the university like a sleepwalker, filled out the form and waited my turn. When they called the name of the person who was before me on the alphabetical list, I stood up and left. It had never happened before. I had consistently high grade...
I’d go out, read, or drive out of the city, and then eat alone in some restaurant where no one knew me. In the afternoon I’d go to the cinema and then wander around Feltrinelli’s bookshop. Then back home in the evening to read. At night I’d often wander the streets again, or take another trip to ...
Inspector Navarra is a likable guy. He doesn’t particularly look like a policeman, and he looks even less like a military man. He has the face of a slightly overweight kid. He’s certainly not someone you’d imagine kicking in doors, gun in hand, to round up a ring of drug dealers, or interrogating...
The judge ordered the clerk of the court to read out the counts of indictment and then gave the floor to the public prosecutor. Cervellati got to his feet, adjusted his robe with its gold cordons, put on his glasses and began to read from his notes. “On 5 August 1999 at 19.50 hours the carabinier...
She came in late, after the first hour had already started. As soon as I saw her I realized something was wrong. She was sloppily dressed, which has never happened before, not in all the time I’ve known her. But what struck me most of all was her expression. I watched her all through the five hou...
Notification arrived of the ruling granting a pretrial hearing – it was one week away: as I’d foreseen, they hadn’t wasted any time – and the existence of the investigation was revealed by a news agency. That meant it would be picked up by various websites, the TV news and finally, the following ...