El anillo perdido

Independent of each other, these five stories, read together, compose a unique image of Underboss Rocco Schiavone, which will delight both his loyal fans and those who have never read his investigations. In the first account, an unidentified corpse appears spread out over a woman's coffin, with a wedding ring as the only clue. The following stories -a mountain excursion of three friends that ends with a death; a fraudulent football match between lawmen; a crime in a train compartment; the murder of an innocent hermit- become a mysterious investigation in which the deputy boss pours out his existential discomfort, with a powerful social denunciation as a backdrop and an ironic narration that borders on sarcasm.