The Namesake

The disappearance of Matteo Arconti, an innocent insurance man from Milan, is no mistake. That much becomes clear when his body is discovered mere feet away from the office of another Matteo Arconti—a court magistrate known for his close scrutiny of mafia movements.

This namesake killing broadcasts a clear message of defiance and intimidation from a powerful crime syndicate. But whom, exactly, is the murder intended to intimidate?

Commissario Alec Blume thinks he knows who's behind it all—Italy's most efficient and secretive mafia, the Ndrangheta, whose principals have operated untouchably from Germany for years. This is Blume's chance to lure the arrogant mafiosi out of their hiding place.

As a personal friend of Judge Arconti, however, Blume is too close to the case to formally investigate.