![]() ![]() When the Fascist authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in 1944 he fled to Switzerland, where his first work of literature, a collection of poetry entitled Incantavi, was published in 1945. Piero Chiara (born in 1913) worked as a court employee until the outbreak of Word War Two. Every twist and turn takes us closer to Giulia - and further from the truth. ![]() Incriminating letters are exchanging hands. Shadows are lurking in the grounds behind Giulia's house. You're a born detective, but you have so many unanswered questions - how can a young, beautiful high society woman just vanish into thin air? Why does her husband - a prominent criminal lawyer and much older man - know nothing about it? And who was she really visiting during those trips to Milan? For Detective Sciancalepre, the mystery is darker and more tangled than he imagined. A delightfully Italian mystery, with undercurrent of satire, which keeps the reader guessing.Every Thursday for three years, Signora Giulia takes the train to Milan to visit her daughter. ![]()
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