Alessia Francone presents a book for which it is impossible to guess the epilogue – projectiondiborsa.it
A bitter reality lurks behind appearances, in this book nothing is as it seems. A medieval thriller set in Tuscany, the story of a murder without culprits, an intriguing and at times disturbing tale. In the next paragraphs we will find out which book it is and who are the protagonists of yellow.
The book by Alessia Francone, “The Last Sermon” is the story of an investigation aimed at discovering the perpetrator of a murder unexpected. Impossible to guess the conclusion of this book, a yellow set in Tuscany apparently indecipherable. In particular this because the victim is a person of the Church who leads a life devoted entirely to prayer. We are talking about Friar Rinaldo of Florence, a humble Dominican preacher.
The assassination of Friar Rinaldo displaces everyone, why kill a man of the church?
Religious circles have always remained an unknown factor, a world that provokes different and opposite emotions. Feeling of peace and serenity or on the contrary a sense of restlessness. This is undoubtedly due to the reserve that characterizes these environments. Friar Rinaldo in this sense remains an unknown factor to be deciphered, no worldly life, no vices and no particular friendship. An austere figure, who does not give special attention to anyone. He manages to maintain a certain distance even from the people closest to him. For example, Friar Nicola dei Gherardi, his secretary. But does a man of the church really live a life of prayer alone? Investigating is Raniero da Albinea, judge of the podestà with the collaboration of his friend Arrigo Buonforte, knight of the podestà. The question everyone is asking is: why kill a man of the church?
Impossible to guess the conclusion of this book, nothing is as it seems in this medieval whodunit set in Tuscany
The desire to discover the truth will lead readers to browse to the last page of this book. Many protagonists of this thriller, all related in some way to Friar Rinaldo. The latter, due to his fame as a preacher, comes invited to Monteviverna by Prior Bernardino da Todi. The ability to involve the faithful and not only, with his sermons, makes Friar Rinaldo useful for reassuring an atmosphere that is only apparently calm. Not by chance the brother he will be in the Borgo precisely to take care of the Lenten sermons. Coinciding with the first public sermon in the town, the friar is found dead in an alley. Killed with a stab in the back.
Around this murder move the protagonists of yellow, between suspects and unsuspected. Arrigo and Raniero conduct the investigations without leaving out any detail, retracing the steps of the Friar on the morning his body was found. Unforeseen twists and turns will bring to light an unexpected and shocking reality. In fact, the most striking discovery will be that more than one person harbored negative feelings and he had reasons for resentment against Friar Rinaldo. But not only that, in this book everything that seems is actually not! Nothing is taken for granted and everything is to be solved, a seductive story and an introspective journey that offers excellent food for thought.
