Author:
Paola Darò
Publisher:
Piemme
Release Date:
28-01-2025
The blue light of the patrol cars illuminates the austere facades of Turin buildings, lighting up the night in a quiet central neighborhood where nothing ever happens. An elderly Savoy painter, Simone Benelli, was found dead in his home, seated in the armchair in his living room, with a severed finger. No signs of forced entry on the front door, no one heard a sound. Adele used to see old Benelli every day. He lived in the building across the street and had the habit of ending his day smoking on the balcony, just like her. He was a distinguished, elegant man with a sad and solitary demeanor. The case intrigues her: she contacts the family and decides to dedicate a solo exhibition to the deceased painter in her small art gallery. Thus begins her investigation into the past of a mysterious man, whom not even his family truly knew. A turbulent youth spent in London and a late life passed quietly in Italy. A great initial success and sudden, prolonged bouts of creative crisis. Benelli’s life, as much as his art, is studded with contradictions and mysteries. Who killed the lonely painter? La finestra del terzo piano embodies the most intimate character of a reserved and noble city like Turin. A captivating debut, teetering between the warmth of a comedy and the gripping pace of a crime novel, with an unconventional, offbeat protagonist: Adele Tedeschi, a gallery owner who searches through the painter’s brushstrokes for a clue that might solve a perplexing murder.