“Rain for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone” by Maurizio de Giovanni (Einaudi)

«It will never stop raining. She will continue forever. It will no longer be possible to go outdoors, the water will rise, reach the upper floors of the buildings, everyone will die and humanity will become extinct together with the animals on earth. Only the fish will survive. It will never stop raining, and it doesn’t matter. It will be better, in fact, so this damned city will wash itself in the end.” Leonida Brancato had been an unbeatable criminal lawyer. The king of quibbling, they called him. When he retired, they had celebrated in the prosecutor’s office. Nothing had been known about him for years, but now someone killed him and attacked his body. A murder that appears to have no motive and which puts the Bastards to the test once again. Under a deluge that gives no respite, surrounded by enemies and despite painful personal problems, the formidable policemen of the Pizzofalcone police station will extricate themselves from secrets, hypocrisies and resentments. Coming to discover a very unexpected truth.