Le chiavi di casa is an investigation into the black heart of every friendship, into the relentless poison of jealousy, into the fidelity we owe to our dreams: until the twist that leads us to where, in the human heart, death and love brush up against each other.
Marco, Sveva, Vittorio, Piggi, the Boss: classmates in a Roman high school, they shared the magical years when the future is still to be imagined, and even now that adult life has confronted them with its difficulties they have remained a close-knit group. But in the soul of Marco-a successful screenwriter-there is a great darkness that he has always trained to keep hidden. It will be a simple gesture by Sveva and Vittorio that will cause that darkness to flare up, reawakening a flame that has remained under ashes for too long: when they entrust him with their house keys, sure to hand them over to their most trusted friend... Milan, thirty years later. The city of work and efficiency, an ideal place to escape the past by blending into the rushing crowd. But Sara is a smart young woman and knows that to go far, one must come to terms with the past: she will be the one to seek the keys to discover the secret that has forever marked her destiny. Paolo Ricchiuto makes his debut with a novel of the finest psychological tension, about youth and the thin shadow line that separates it from adult life.