Carlo Lucarelli in today's Italy is the number one author of thrillers! A brilliant stylist, a student of the famous Alessandro Barco, Lucarelli elevated the investigation of bloody crimes into the realm of art and, like Akunin in Russia, made reading detective stories a fashionable activity for Italians. Among the many bestsellers, Lucarelli is special Popular are novels about police inspector Grazia Negro, a beautiful and brave woman who investigates the horrific crimes of serial killer maniacs. Like the heroine Jodie Foster from the immortal “Silence of the Lambs,” she enters into a fierce intellectual duel with the criminal. Every hour, risking her life, balancing on the edge of what is permitted, Grazia Negro teases the killer and lures him into the light, like a predatory animal. The provocative and ambiguous relationship between them creates tension of such intensity that you wait for the final explosion like a breath of long-awaited air... We warn you: Carlo Lucarelli is a master of a completely unexpected ending!