Rosaria Carpinelli Consulenze Editoriali

Giancarlo De Cataldo explores the abyss of the present, the collective nightmare haunted by men who hate women, by sadistic torturers and merchants of human flesh, by powerful Leopards and new masters. When hatred becomes the best business, only the first ray of a ruthless dawn can illuminate the darkness that surrounds us.

They say times have changed. But Italy always stays the same, showing off its ferocious grin. Commissioner Alba Doria knows it well. Suspended between light and darkness, Alba suffers from a deadly personality disorder. They call it the Dark Triad, a mixture of narcissism, sociopathy and manipulative ability, capable of inspiring the worst criminals or supporting those who fight them. So when the ghost of a murderer, who everyone believed dead, returns to strike, Doria will have to deal with secrets from the past. And she’s not the only one: the Blonde Man and Dr. Sax will be by her side once again, ex-boyfriend and best friend of those distant days: impetuous and tormented policeman, the first; Secret Services official and jazz virtuoso, the latter. It will be up to Alba to tie up loose ends while Rome is transformed into a dangerous metropolis, populated by outcasts who live in the slums, where the law of the strongest is the only law.

Publication date: 30.04.2019
Publisher: Rizzoli - Nero