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The Damned Season

by Carlo Lucarelli · 1991

De Luca Trilogy seriesbook 2 of 2

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Commissario De Luca is recalled to duty to investigate a series of brutal murders motivated by political power struggles and ominous post-war machinations after the fall of the fascist regime.

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Setting
ItalyItalyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages

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