Rita was found hanged from the church bell tower. The police are sure it is suicide and are not investigating. But Rita's mother, Elena, knows that her daughter could not commit suicide. Elena needs to leave the house and drive across the city to talk to the one and only person who will help her understand what exactly happened to her daughter. But Elena has Parkinson's disease. Her trip turns into a huge and complex journey, and only a mother can do it, who knows that she is right in everything that concerns her daughter. “Elena Knows” is a detective story, a family drama, and a novel about illness and physicality. , but this is also a novel about maternal love, which sometimes turns out to be stronger than the disease, and sometimes even more deadly.