The Salento reporter Rosario Saru Santacroce decides to switch off for a week enjoying the fantastic atmosphere of the Tremiti Islands.
But that fiery July reserves him a surprise. Because a real reporter is destined (almost) never to unplug and that is probably why he gets entangled in the murder. For this reason Saru will undress tourist clothes to wear those of the reporter hunting for news. Saru is enjoying the last night at the Tremiti Isles when the murder is committed and he is the first to rush to the scene of the crime on the island of San Nicola.
The painstaking work of the carabinieri allows to reveal the author of the crime and the reason: the charming and enigmatic tourist from Bologna was killed by the man who had sworn to love her. And another woman, the prosecutor who coordinates the investigation, finds the killer.
Cesario Picca (1972) born and bred in Salento (South Italy), lives in Bologna. For 25 years he worked as a crime and judicial reporter, now he devotes his time to his thrillers. He has already published (2005), the juridical essay Ungagged – the developing concept of freedom of the press (Senza bavaglio - L'evoluzione del concetto di libertà di stampa). His love for thrillers blossomed with Murder at the Tremiti Isles in which the main character is the reporter from Salento, Rosario (Saru) Santacroce, involved in a femicide. But you can read many other intrigues and adventures like the esoteric and masonic thriller L'intrigo - guanti puri e senza macchia, Il filo rosso - delitto sui colli, Gioco mortale - delitto nel mondo della trasgressione where you can find Saru with the same likeable verve and curiosity, Il dio danzante - delitto nel Salento and Broken Lives where Saru Santacroce follows the investigations of the Scotland Yard detective Sonny D'Amato to arrest a dangerous serial killer. Criminal Minds TV series lovers can not fail to read it.
In 2002 Picca was awarded the Piero Passetti prize for Reporter of the year. He is a speaker or moderator at numerous conferences and participates in many radio and television broadcasts.