Arturo Clemente, an animal rights activist in Rome, has just been
stabbed to death in his apartment. Is it a political murder, as his
wife is a member of parliament for the Greens? Commissioner Alec Blume
has been sent to investigate.
Because it is seemingly a political murder, several other officers are
interested in the investigation. Blume is sure that his former protege,
D'Amico is set upon screwing the investigation up for him. Blume is
sure that the murder is neither random, nor political. Blume's
superior, Gallone, doesn't want him questioning the victim's widow for
some reason. He is determined to pin the murder elsewhere.
Gallone's hunt results in a motor vehicle accident causing injury to
Blume and his partner, Paoloni, and the shooting death of another police
officer. Blume and Paoloni are convinced that the man that they were
after was not involved in the murder, but now they must go after him for
the murder of the policeman.
Despite his injuries, Blume persists in the belief that another man was
the killer of the first victim, and he begins to put together his case.
Author Conor Fitzgerald introduces numerous characters right away in
this murder mystery, and it takes a few chapters to place them in the
reader's mind. However, Fitzgerald has written an excellent thriller.
This is the first in a series about Commissioner Blume and I am looking
forward to reading more.
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