A WALK IN THE DARK
Gianrico Carofiglio
When Martina accuses her ex-boyfriend – the son
of a powerful local judge – of assault and battery, no witnesses
can be persuaded to testify on her behalf, and one lawyer after
another refuses to represent her. Guido Guerrieri knows the case
could bring his legal career to a premature and messy end, but he
cannot resist the appeal of a hopeless cause. Nor deny an
attraction to Sister Claudia, the young woman in charge of the
shelter where Martina is living, who shares his love of martial
arts and his virulent hatred of injustice.
A Walk in the Dark, Carofiglio’s second
novel featuring defence counsel Guerrieri, follows on from the
critical and commercial success of Involuntary
Witness.
PRAISE FOR A WALKIN THE
DARK
“Carofiglio is a prosecutor well known for
his courageous anti-mafia stance, which has attracted death
threats. A Walk in the Dark features an
engagingly complex, emotional and moody defence lawyer, Guido
Guerrieri, who takes on cases shunned by his colleagues. In
passing, Carofiglio provides a fascinating insight into the
workings of the Italian criminal justice system.”
Observer
“Part legal thriller, part insight into a man
fighting his own demons. Every character in Carofiglio’s fiction
has a story to tell and they are always worth hearing. As the
author himself is an anti-mafia prosecutor, this powerfully
affecting novel benefits from veracity as well as tight
writing.”
The Daily Mail
“At one level an exciting courtroom thriller,
but what places it in a superior league is the portrayal of a slice
of Italian society not normally encountered in crime fiction and an
immensely appealing flawed hero.”
The Times