The beautiful young Countess Fiorenza d'Arda has died dramatically at her villa near Lake Geneva.
Judge Fran ois Ferpierre, the senior magistrate assigned to Lausanne's central court, arrives to investigate whether it was murder or suicide.
In either case, who is responsible? A diverse set of characters - including two Russian anarchists and a melancholy young poet, each struggling with their own complex moral, political and artistic dilemmas - all become suspects.
Ferpierre works on shifting.
Italica Press Agony, hardcover/federico de roberto
