To be able to surprise the reader, and more so in a noir novel, where so many authors have been trying lately to demonstrate their mastery, is not an easy task.
At book The Angel, Sandrone Dazieri achieves that final effect, an exquisite trick to unravel a mystery that keeps the reader's heart in a fist.
Once again, in the growing stream of female leads In a crime novel, a policewoman, Deputy Commissioner Caselli takes the reins of an extremely grim case in which an Angel has been in charge of exterminating all those who have traveled in a first-class carriage from Milan to Rome.
The first image is terrifying. The train arrives at the station, the doors of this VIP car open but nobody leaves. Imagine the scene. The open door, you come to see what happens. Everyone in there is dead ...
The first investigations focus on international terrorism. But Colomba Caselli is not carried away by this first line of investigation. Conscientious and not prone to being carried away by summary impressions, the deputy commissioner looks for other lines to investigate.
When Colomba and Dante Torre, his necessary collaborator, get involved in solving the case, they begin to discover details that point to another type of justification for the massacre.
That's where the thriller itself makes its way into the plot. The reality becomes entirely mysterious, surrounded by a disturbing atmosphere of black omens.
The characters, outlined with great skill, end up being entirely ours. We share uneasiness and dwell at times in the spirit of evil. All the scenes acquire an I don't know what of imminent tragedy, an aftertaste of fear due to the mysterious enigma that seems to lead everything towards doom.
Sandrone Dazieri recovers sensations from his previous book You are not alone. With the same deputy commissioner Colomba Caselli. But the new plot approach surprises again, with a tremendous ending, in the aspect of what can become a crime novel ...
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