Publisher's Synopsis
Florence, summer 1963. Inspector Bordelli is one of the few policemen left in the deserted city. He spends his days on routine work, and his nights tormented by the heat and mosquitoes. But when a telephone call reports the suspected death of a wealthy Signora, Bordelli rushes to her hilltop villa and picks the locks. The old woman is lying on her bed - apparently killed by an asthma attack, though her medicine is untouched. With the help of his young protege, the victims eccentric brother, and a semi-retired petty thief, the inspector begins a murder investigation. Each suspect has an alibi, but something doesn?t add up...
