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
Colomba Caselli Series
Dive into a gripping thriller series set against the backdrop of Italy's most notorious cities, where hard-boiled detectives confront heinous crimes and their own inner demons. Follow a resilient detective, scarred by past trauma, as she partners with a man possessing extraordinary analytical skills honed by a horrific childhood. Together, they unravel intricate cases where the truth is always darker and more complex than it initially appears. This is compelling reading about the relentless pursuit of justice in the face of profound personal and professional challenges.
Recommended Reading Order
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 ...
El ángel
- 544 pages
- 20 hours of reading
Kill the King
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
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.