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Amelia and Dino don’t like each other much but when a hacker, in the guise of an unbeatable online player, hacks Fulvio’s computer they will join together for an investigation. Dino, obsessed by conspiracies and violence, thinks that the hacker is a terrorist. Fulvio, not sure about this theory, is willing to find out the identity of the player. The matter becomes even stranger when weird events happen. The investigation keeps on going and the friends succeed in finding an address. The house of the anonymous hacker is not far from the school. But who is living there is a mysterious woman. What does the house hide? Why does Tarzan, Amelia’s dog, act crazy every time he gets close to it? And who is the woman living there?

  • By winning author of Italian literary prize “Alice guarda il mondo”, among the most appreciated Italian authors by young readers.
  • The Web as the background of a compelling thriller.
  • “Georgia Manzi has been called a young Simenon for the suspence and thrill of her plots, full of extraordinary characters”. (La Repubblica)


Born in Foggia, she graduated in Modern Literature in Rome. She was awarded the first prize for the literary contest “Alice guarda il mondo” with the YA novel Non avrò più paura (Rizzoli) and she received the special mention in the YA literary contest “Pippi” for the novel L’ultimo segreto (Fabbri). In 2016 she made her debut in adult fiction with the novel Giovanni dei topi (Bompiani).

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