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26 May 2023

Testimone la notte. Una nuova indagine dell’ispettore Miranda

by Bresciani Daniele
Testimone la notte. Una nuova indagine dell’ispettore Miranda

When a double mystery emerges and calls to be solved, the only man for the job is once again Dario Miranda, a sturdy and fearsome-looking man. As events unfold in a Milan divided between its wealthy, middle-class centre and its abandoned suburbs, the stubborn yet resolute Inspector, with an eye for even the smallest detail, shines a light on a cold case from the past and a series of new homicides.Siena, 1978. An act of bullying during a high school trip ends in tragedy but the truth of that night lies untold among a group of friends.Modern day Milan. After an unpleasant episode with a colleague, Inspector Dario Miranda has been transferred from the police headquarters to a suburban police station. One morning, as he walks through Parco delle Cave to try and clear his head from the stress of recent events, he is the accidental witness of a macabre discovery: just nearby, a runner has found what appear to a girl’s fingers. In the following days, more body fragments, of several different people, are discovered both in the same park and all over the city.Miranda is on the case and starts investigating with the support of his loyal colleagues, but the constant criticism of his chief. As he begins putting the pieces together, he soon realizes that the mysterious killings might be connected to a tragic episode of over forty years ago.

  • Publishing house Bompiani
  • Year of publication 2022
  • Number of pages 624
  • ISBN 9788830107014
  • Foreign Rights claire.sabatiegarat@italianliterary.com
  • Price 22.00

Bresciani Daniele

Daniele Bresciani is a journalist and writer. He wrote for foreign publications such as The Guardian and The Sunday Times Magazine. In 2013, he came out with his first novel Ti volevo dire (Rizzoli), which won several Italian awards (Premio Rhegium Julii 2013, Premio letterario città di Rieti 2014, Premio per la Cultura Mediterranea-Fondazione Carical 2014). With Garzanti he published Nessuna notizia dello scrittore scomparso (2017) and Anime trasparenti (2020).

Testimone la notte. Una nuova indagine dell’ispettore Miranda
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