Gianrico Carofiglio je známy ako autor detektívnych románov s jedinečným pohľadom na právo a morálku, ovplyvneným jeho predchádzajúcou kariérou sudcu. Jeho štylistická precíznosť a schopnosť ponoriť čitateľa do zložitých etických dilem robia jeho diela pútavými a podnetnými k zamysleniu. Vyniká v budovaní napätia a vykresľovaní komplexných postáv, ktoré zápasia s temnými stránkami ľudskej povahy. Jeho písanie je oceňované pre svoju inteligenciu a hlboké pochopenie ľudskej psychiky.
A nine-year-old boy is found murdered at the bottom of a well near a popular
beach resort in southern Italy. In what looks like a hopeless case for Guido
Guerrieri, counsel for the defence, a Senegalese peddler is accused of the
crime. Guido attempts to exploit the esoteric workings of the Italian courts.
The latest novel from bestselling Gianrico Carofiglio, introducing a new hero,
Roberto Marias, once an undercover carabinieri, now a man seeking to heal the
wounds of a tormented past.
The summer of 1992 had been exceptionally cold in southern Italy. That summer
ushered in a spate of killings by the Mafia of judges and police officers,
most of them assassinated near Palermo. The Sicilian killings and ensuing gang
wars also infected Bari triggering an investigation by local Carabinieri
officer Pietro Fenoglio.
It is there, in a foreign city, under strained circumstances, that they will
get to know each other and connect for the first time.A beautiful, gritty, and
charming port city where French old-world charm meets modern bohemia, father
and son stroll the streets sharing strained small talk.
1989, Bari, southern Italy. Giorgio is 22 years old, a model student, living a conventional middle-class life. Francesco is a slightly older fellow student - but far from a model one - who exerts a strange fascination over men and women alike. Giorgio is only vaguely aware of Francesco until one evening their paths cross definitively and Giorgio is sucked into Francesco's world, in a kind of Faustian pact. Giorgio becomes Francesco's pupil and learns to cheat at cards. In return, he will get lots of money, sexual adventures, luxury. Their gambling exploits take them from luxurious villas to low dives, their victims ranging from rich industrialists to human flotsam. Giorgio enters a world where his own image of himself starts to fragment, revealing someone he no longer recognizes: someone who both scares and attracts him. In parallel, we are given the story of the artistically inclined Lieutenant Chiti of the carabinieri who is investigating a series of brutal rapes in Bari. A shocking dénouement draws together the two strands of the story in a wholly unexpected way and brings a catharsis for both Giorgio and Lieutenant Chiti
The latest in the Guido Guerrieri series set in southern Italy. Guerrieri
takes on another case with dubious merits. This time he agrees to defend a
judge suspected of corruption, an accusation that sadly looks likely to stick.
The latest in the Guido Guerrieri series. The setting is Bari in Southern
Italy. Against his own instincts, defence attorney Guerrieri takes on an
appeal against what looks like an unassailable murder conviction. The alleged
perpetrator is the son of a former lover. A taught legal thriller and a
meditation about the ravages of time.