This author is known for his distinctive approach to the noir genre, often exploring themes of outsiders and countercultural movements. His style is marked by sharp observation and a sense of irony, frequently setting his narratives in the fringes of society. His works delve into the experience of living on the margins while offering keen insights into human nature.
From internationally bestselling author Sandrone Dazieri comes the thrilling conclusion to the 'unrelentingly suspenseful' (Booklist, starred review) Caselli and Torre trilogy in which two damaged but deductively brilliant detectives must sort out what is real and what is imagined.
Multi-layered, complex, full of twists and turns, satisfyingly dark - this is one of those thrillers you just have to read late into the night. From the author of Kill the Father, Dante and Columba's story continues ...
When a woman is beheaded in a park outside Rome and her six-year-old son goes missing, the police unit assigned to the case arrests the woman's husband and awaits his confession. But the city's Chief of Major Crimes has his doubts and assigns two of Italy's top analytical minds to the case: Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli, a fierce, warrior-like detective still reeling from a horrific mass killing she survived, and Dante Torre, a man who spent his childhood trapped inside a concrete silo. Fed through the gloved hand of a masked kidnapper who called himself "the Father," Dante emerged from his ordeal with crippling claustrophobia but, also, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge