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Duca Lamberti

This series plunges into the heart of 1960s Milan, following the unconventional path of Dr. Duca Lamberti. Once a respected physician, his career was derailed by a controversial act of mercy, pushing him into the world of private investigation. He navigates the gritty underworld, often dealing with cases involving ordinary people and moral ambiguities. The stories offer a compelling blend of hard-boiled crime and profound human drama, set against a vividly depicted urban landscape.

Venere privata
Ein pflichtbewusster Mörder
Der lombardische Kurier. Ein Duca-Lamberti-Roman; Band 3
Betrayal

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  1. 1

    Venere privata

    La prima indagine di Duca Lamberti. Romanzo.

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
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    Il mondo di Scerbanenco è un mondo completamente nero e immobile. I romanzi di Scerbanenco non conoscono nessuno svolgimento. L'unico svolgimento riguarda il lettore, cui Scerbanenco somministra la realtà dei fatti a piccole dosi, poco per volta. Ma la realtà, l'orribile nera realtà c'è da sempre, è sempre quella e continuerà ad essere quella dopo che il teatrino del bene avrà chiuso il sipario. A chi, cittadino di questo disperatissimo mondo, non abbia propensione al suicidio, non restano che due vie: o la completa distrazione o l'assuefazione. La vita è una droga, o la combatti con altre droghe o l'assumi fino in fondo. (Dalla prefazione di Luca Doninelli). In appendice Io, Vladimir Scerbanenko.

    Venere privata
  2. 2

    Betrayal

    • 229 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
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    A lawyer who has spent time in prison with Duca is found drowned in one of the Milanese canals. Duca is contacted by a friend of the dead lawyer to perform surgery on a woman who after the operation confesses that although she is due to marry a wealthy butcher, is really in love with another man, the friend of the lawyer. Shortly afterwards, she is killed together with her lover. Duca discovers that the two events are linked and starts to unravel an arms and drugs trafficking business, centered in an understated trattoria, of which the two were part. "Excellent crime novel. . . Scerbanenco smartly and logically weaves all the various plot threads together."--Publishers Weekly*, Oct. 14, 2013 "Scerbanenco's dark, moody novels have much in common with the darkest of Scandinavian crime fiction. . . This forgotten noir classic from 1966 is finally available in translation. That's good news!"--Library Journal, Oct. 15, 2013

    Betrayal
  3. 3

    Duca Lamberti ermittelt in einem brutalen Fall, bei dem eine Lehrerin von ihren Schülern misshandelt wurde. Trotz Druck und fehlender Beweise vermutet er, dass ein Erwachsener die Tat organisiert hat. Um Carolino, einen der Schüler, zu helfen, versucht er, Vertrauen aufzubauen, doch der Junge flieht in Gefahr. Marisella, eine alte Hure, erkennt die Bedrohung und handelt.

    Der lombardische Kurier. Ein Duca-Lamberti-Roman; Band 3
  4. 4

    Ein behütetes Mädchen verschwindet im Mailänder Untergrund. Vor fünf Monaten verschwand die junge, etwas zurückgebliebene Donatella Berzaghi auf unerklärliche Weise aus der väterlichen Wohnung. Duca Lamberti, der gebeten wird, dem Fall nachzugehen, ist ratlos. Wie kann ein Mädchen von so auffallender Schönheit am hellichten Tag aus einer verschlossenen Wohnung entführt werden, ohne Aufsehen zu erregen? Als Donatella schließlich tot aufgefunden wird, führen Lambertis Ermittlungen direkt in das Mailänder Rotlichtmilieu.

    Ein pflichtbewusster Mörder