Advantages: Interesting look at Italy during the Second World War Disadvantages: Not much to the plot
De Luca, a police officer recently transferred from the Political Police, is called to investigate the murder of a wealthy man with strong political connections during the last years of the Second World War. His political connections mean that De Luca and his colleague, Pugliese, are frequently thwarted from doing their job - even their own superiors want them to carry out the investigation in a certain direction to avoid upsetting the 'wrong' people. ... ...out the truth, especially when the caretaker of the building in which the murder occured and his wife are both brutally silenced. In the highly sensitive political climate, can De Luca get to the right people before anyone else dies? And what is the connection between the murdered man and the large amount of drugs found in his flat? And with the end of the War in site, what does the future hold for De Luca himself? I have previously read Almost Blue ...
sunmeilan 01.06.2007
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