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This is the most detailed storytelling of the crimes of the one that came to be known as "The Monster of Florence": Brunoro and Pezzan write about everything, from Vincenzo Spalletti to the Sardinian Lead, from Pietro Pacciani to the picnicking friends, and finally from the esoteric theory to the Narducci story. A detailed map to find your way through a deep mystery.We are talking about an event that has tested all existing criminology theories on serial killers, to the point where we can state that there are traditional crimes, serial killers, and then there is "The Monster of Florence".

The most important thing I’d ever read was scribbled on the door of a portable restroom, engraved into plastic at a carnival on the outskirts of Boston. Lust lingers, love stays. Lust is impatient, love waits. Lust burns, love warms. Lust destroys, but love? Love kills. Maybe it was always my destiny to fall in love with a monster. When other kids stayed awake at night fearing the pointy-toothed beast hiding in their closet, I longed to see mine.

Between nineteen sixty-eight and nineteen eighty-five, the Monster of Florence murdered sixteen people in secluded lovers' lanes around Tuscany, using the same twenty-two caliber Beretta across all attacks. The killer mutilated female victims and taunted authorities with body parts and letters. Despite Italy's largest criminal investigation, the case spawned decades of controversy. Farmer Pietro Pacciani was convicted then acquitted. His alleged accomplices faced dubious prosecutions based on questionable testimony. Prosecutors later pursued bizarre occult conspiracy theories involving wealthy...