IL CUORE OSCURO DI FIRENZE

The new thriller by Michele Giuttari, featuring Commissario Michele Ferrara. Written with the surgical precision of someone who has personally experienced what he tells and written with the pace of a great storyteller, Michele Giuttari is back with a novel that forces the reader to face his own ghosts and fears.

Revenge, frenzy of passion. In his dark and fetid prison cell, the serial killer Daniele de Robertis can only imagine what his life would be outside, in the free world. He still has too many unsettled accounts with people. His twin brother Leonardo was killed. He feels a blind hatred for Sir George Holley. He feels a strong sexual appetite that kindles his dreams during the nights. The dream comes true when Daniele de Robertis escapes from prison, vanishing into thin air. Commissario Ferrara begins to live his worst nightmare when a famous lawyer and his wife are murdered at Bellavista, a small, beautiful village in the Tuscan country side. As policemen carry out the inspection on the crime scene, they find nine horrible pictures. Nine women were slaugheterd. Evil is back, and it seems unstoppable. The investigation will force Ferrara to inquire into the secrets of famous and untouchable people, in a spiral of obsession and violence. A mysterious Black Rose seems to be the source of everything, its influence spreads beyond the Italian boundaries. Michele Giuttari became a lawyer in 1977. From 1995 till May 2003 he was the Chief of the Squadra Mobile in Florence. He investigated important matters, e.g. the Chinese mafia, international money laundering, as well as the murders committed by the Monster of Florence.