A Private Venus: A Novel

In the first installment of the prizewinning Duca Lamberti Quartet from the godfather of Italian noir, a disgraced doctor investigating the murder of a young woman uncovers a shocking network of trafficking and exploitation in 1960s Milan.

Newly released from prison, and without his medical license, Duca Lamberti is at a loose end. When Milan’s police superintendent points him toward a job—as a favor to Duca’s late father, who was a trusted member of the force—he is not in a position to refu...