Fifty-year-old Cesare Forti has had a wonderful life. He has a marvelous wife, Margherita, a paradigm of elegance. The couple have a daughter, Maya, who is their little princess. At work, Cesare has achieved near-guru status. There’s a crack in this perfect construction, however: Cesare is not what he seems to be. One murder followed by a request for blackmail and Cesare will be backed into a corner, staring the truth in the face. And when the masks come off, it’s his own face Cesare is going to see.
Elena Mearini is a novelist and a poet who conducts writing workshops in psychiatric rehabilitation centers. Her first novel, 360 gradi di rabbia (published by Excelsior 1881), appeared in 2009, followed by Undicesimo comandamento, published by Perdisa Pop in 2011. She went on to publish the novel A testa in giù (published by Morellini Editore) and two poetry collections, Dilemma di una bottiglia (published by Edizioni Forme Libere) and Per silenzio e voce (published by Marco Saya Editore). In 2016 her novel Bianca da morire (published by Cairo) received a special mention by the jury for the Campiello Prize, while 2017 has seen the publication of her new poetry collection Strategia dell’addio (by LiberAria).
