Romana Petri

In a storm-lashed corner of Garfagnana, a body discovered inside a confessional sets off an investigation where faith, heresy, and dark rituals become dangerously entwined. Among lost manuscripts, arcane symbols, and secret societies, Marcello Simoni leads Vitale Federici and the young Bernardo della Vipera into an increasingly perilous mystery, where every truth seems to conceal an even deeper deception.

Hidden among the buildings on the outskirts of Naples lies a nursery that seems to hold its breath. Lorenzo returns there after many years, at a time when his life is measured only by what is no longer there. There he meets Renato, who, asking for nothing in return, offers him the two things he needs most: work and friendship. Among geraniums, bonsai, ivy, begonias, and orchids, Lorenzo discovers that a cut stem can never return to what it once was, yet it still carries the memory of what it has been — and that life can begin again precisely from those wounds. His life too.

Amid rooms heavy with memory and relationships worn down by time, Valeria Usala weaves together lives that seem distant yet share the same fragile solitude. Through small gestures, the cracks of routine, and unspoken words, a young woman discovers that preserving other people’s past is not enough to build her own future. And so, just when everything seems to be falling apart, the possibility of a new beginning begins to emerge.

Ludovica Elder tells the story of a woman who leaves her country behind and, with the courage to start afresh, discovers herself and learns to choose who she wants to be.

Ten years after its first publication, “Non è la fine del mondo” returns to bookstores with a new foreword by the author and an unpublished scene, to mark the release of the film.

Perhaps there is no distance capable of shielding us from the explosion of a love that ends. Luciana and Vasco are both suspended, facing a crossroads: to let go of what has been and be reborn into life like butterflies, or to remain trapped in the past, in resentment, like eternal chrysalises.

Venice, 1754. On the eve of the famed Feast of the Redeemer, a series of strange events leads to suspect that someone is plotting a coup d’état. Marco Leon, still recovering from a serious wound sustained months earlier, longs to return to active duty and join the investigation but. concerned for his health, Geminiani assigns him what seems a minor case: a young patrician, Guido Manfrè Veniero, has killed a household valet, and his guilt appears beyond doubt.

“Carnal Charity” is the story of the bond between a father and a daughter, stronger than any sin and any silence; it is the coming-of-age novel of a provincial girl who becomes a woman in a grand and unsettling city.

Venice is a labyrinth of shadows. Amid cruel festivities, deceit, and betrayal, Leon Battista Alberti is called upon to undertake a perilous mission: to save an innocent life and, with it, the fortunes of the Serenissima.

Shortly after what was supposed to be a pleasant stay in a wonderful noble residence surrounded by a fairy-tale garden begins, Miss Bee finds herself entangled in a mystery involving someone from her past, a familiar figure who quickly takes on even darker contours than usual, just like her own troubled present, not to mention the uncertainty of her future…