Paolo Ritter has had enough of solving murders. He’s only too happy to step away from his role as an investigator for the state criminal police, and turn his hand to running a little hotel in Cervia with his partner, the vivacious chef Lucia, after he takes over the establishment from his dead brother. Mysterious Signor Bernasconi, one of the guests, seems very interested in the hotel’s past. The following night there’s a break-in at the “Cavaliere”: a seemingly worthless souvenir disappears, and the next day the inquisitive guest is found dead. He appears to have fallen to his death from Monte Titano in San Marino, the same cliffs depicted by the souvenir. It turns out that this was a murder, and Interpol becomes involved. But who was the victim? Nobody seems to have known him. And what was the secret that Paolo’s brother was hiding? Against his will, Paolo finds himself caught up in a new case, and soon he himself becomes a target. From San Marino’s spectacular cable car to its famous medieval festival, the holiday paradise of Serenissima is full of sinister surprises.
“Perfect for a beach holiday – preferably in Italy.” Freundin about Mord in Parma
