The Second Life of Inspector Canessa by Roberto Perrone

Author:Roberto Perrone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Annibale Canessa stepped off the 94 bus in front of the Sormani Library and realised as if seeing it for the first time how close it was to the courts of law. He’d never been inside, always brushed past it. He hoped he wouldn’t bump into anyone he knew – a prosecutor, a police officer or worse, someone who knew him, a reporter or blogger, one of those new journalists who hadn’t existed in his day.

An old criminal contact from the 1970s had explained how using buses and trams was the best way to escape being noticed or followed. Despite what you learned in films and on TV, there never actually was anyone ready and waiting to recognise you and call the cops: everyone minds their own business, and if you accidentally lock eyes with someone, they turn away; if someone is following you, they’ll lose you in the crowd.

Canessa had memorised the dates of the papers Pino Petri had looked up. It had been risky but necessary to visit the Corriere last night, and he called Alfridi to thank him profusely.

‘Don’t worry about it! If only we could drop in again, we might even be able to find out what Petri was actually looking for,’ the IT technician replied, keeping his voice low so Spano wouldn’t overhear the conversation.

‘No, seriously, you’ve risked too much already. I just have one thing to ask: keep an eye out, and if you notice anything strange, call me.’

‘Wow, a spy story! I like it,’ Alfridi chirped.

‘I’m serious: there’s nothing good about any of this. Please, Davide, be careful.’

Here we go. He stepped into the library, where several piles of paper awaited him. He wasn’t even sure what he was looking for.

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