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On 11 July 1982, Elisa Sordi was beautiful. Commissario Michele Balistreri was fearless. Italy was victorious. A killer was waiting. On 9 July 2006, with Sordi's case 24 years cold, and Balistreri haunted by guilt and regret, Italian victory returned. And so did Sordi's killer. But this time Michele Balistreri would be ready. This time he would fear no evil.

On 11 July, 1982, Elisa Sordi was beautiful. Commissario Michele Balistreri was fearless. Italy was victorious. A killer was waiting.... On 9 July, 2006, with Sordi’s case 24 years cold, and Balistreri haunted by guilt and regret, Italian victory returned. And so did Sordi’s killer.... But this time Michele Balistreri would be ready. This time he would fear no evil.

The memory of 31 August 1969 has been at the back of Commissario Michele Balistreri’s mind for over four decades. It was not only the day that preceded Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s seizure of power in Balistreri’s birthplace of Libya but that on which his beloved mother, Natalia, fell to her death and the resulting suicide verdict that Balistreri has always suspected to be a flagrant cover-up for her murder.

Tripoli, 1960s: During the years in which post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West, Michele Balistreri suffered a succession of blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend's family; his father's role in Gaddafi's ascent to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future.

Aba Abate è una donna normale. Suo marito Paolo, pubblicitario aspirante scrittore, è un uomo colto ma con scarso senso pratico. I suoi figli, Francesco e Cristina, sono adolescenti e, come tutti i ragazzi a quell'età, problematici e conflittuali. La sua unica vera amica sin dai tempi della scuola, Tiziana, ha una libreria e da single continua a cercare il grande amore. Aba si rivolge a lei in cerca di un aiuto per le aspirazioni di romanziere del marito. Aba fa di tutto per tenere unita la sua famiglia e i suoi affetti, ma non è sempre facile per via del suo vero lavoro.

Raymond il poliziotto, Beatrice l'infermiera, Salvatore il piccolo imprenditore e Regina l'insegnante entrano nel tunnel del coronavirus con tutti gli altri, alla fine di febbraio a Adeago, in provincia di Bergamo. Ci entrano con le loro vecchie paure, frustrazioni, amori perduti e sconfitte, e con un carico di umana meschinità.