Penelope’s discipline

La disciplina di Penelope is the latest novel by Gianrico Carofiglio, published by Mondadori. Penelope Spada is a former magistrate, overwhelmed by a professional incident, who is now going through a profound existential crisis fuelled by alcohol and disorderly affairs. She is persuaded to investigate the mysterious killing of a woman, at the insistence of the husband, who is first suspected and then cleared, but not without leaving a worrying shadow of doubt. She thus finds herself sucked into the depths of a tough, murky Milan, concealed behind the glittering lights of the city’s economic success. And she discovers lives that don’t add up, ambiguities, and criminal intrigues. Penelope is fragile, but it is her painful acknowledgment of her own fragility that turns out to be an extraordinary instrument of truth and strength. La disciplina di Penelope Gianrico Carofiglio Mondadori, 2021