L'enigma della carta Varese

In the third instalment of the series, the life of Inspector Anita Landi reaches a turning point with a marriage proposal while she is investigating the death of a mother and daughter. She is consequently forced to concentrate and probe into the young middle classes of a shady Milan steeped in illegal activities and decline.

Present-day Milan. The dead bodies of a mother and daughter are discovered in an apartment in the city. The father, who lives in Ireland, is involved in a shady traffic of waste disposal. Elisa, the eighteen-year-old victim, grew up with quarrelsome and violent parents, and suffered from mental issues. Anita discovers that she was friends with the daughters of a fifty-something Milanese couple, currently her guests. She starts to investigate and enters a world of parties, the prostitution of “nice” girls, elderly men ready to take advantage of them, violence and ecomafia. More people are killed: Elisa’s jealous boyfriend and the body building instructor who looked after her family circle. It is Marika’s biological child who provides the key to the Elisa case.