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In a restless Milan, already frightened by the early blows of the pandemic, two heinous crimes are being investigated by two very different investigators who, nevertheless complement each other perfectly: Chief Inspector Mandelli, a down-to-earth, not very sociable fifty-year-old devoted to his work and family, and the charming Inspector Antonio Casalengo, also fifty, an unrepentant bachelor and incorruptible police officer.

February 2020: while the media broadcast the first news items about a mysterious virus from China, the Violent Crime Forensics Unit (VCFU) of the Milan’s police headquarters is investigating a monstrous serial killer who strikes the city’s women and signs every crime with a bunch of daisies. The enquiries are conducted by Chief Inspector Mandelli and Inspector Casalegni, as well as the VCFU men and women, a miscellaneous cast of characters, each with his and her own very own traits. But soon Milan is shaken by another case: the murder of a well-known jeweller during a burglary. In a tight sequence of plot twists, the atmosphere of siege and the tragedy experienced by the city, the VCFU team risk their own lives and relationships to solve the case and prove to themselves and the world that it’s worth fighting to the death in order to still feel alive.

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In the streets of a Milan saturated with rain and corruption, Chief Inspector Mandelli and Inspector Casalengo are back once again, in a breathless crescendo, dealing with the dead bodies of art collectors, brutally tortured, and a serial killer looking for young prey.

In November, there is more shadow than light. It isn’t an easy time for the men and women of the violent crime task force, overwhelmed by eight shocking days of blood and violence. What is the connection between the horrifically tortured bodies of two well-known art collectors and the disappearance of an antique book that contains an ancestral secret? What insane instinct is unleashing the madness of a serial killer looking for young female prey? The personal lives of the calm Chief Inspector Mandelli and the handsome Inspector Casalegno get entangled in the thick web of the manhunt. All the members of the team take part, this time with the help of a charming, dynamic policewoman from the Valtellina Valley and a grounded, wise carabinieri major from the Amalfi coast – all that in a fierce, murderous downpour where Evil seems to drown everything, even the investigators.

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Chief Inspector Mandelli and Inspector Casalegno return, this time in a sultry Milan, where they have to contend with sudden abductions and apparent suicides, but, as ever, they will stop at nothing to discover the truth.

It’s a scorching August for the men and women of the Violent Crime Analysis Unit. In a sweltering, semi-deserted Milan, unspeakable crimes come to light and old ghosts resurface. What do the apparent suicides of some women conceal? What mystery connects them? And where are their children? As Chief Inspector Mandelli interrupts his holidays to follow the clue of one of the abductions, which concerns him closely, two policewomen uncover an abyss of horror and imprisonment.

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