Massimo Carlotto Books in Order

Carlotto recounts his years on the run after being accused of murder in Italy. Seeking refuge in France and Mexico, he encounters underworld figures, betrayal, and political violence, shaping an account of survival under the threat of imprisonment.

When a cocaine courier is arrested at Venice airport, an art smuggler appears to be the intended recipient but claims he was framed. His lawyer hires the Alligator, whose investigation brings him into conflict with a ruthless Colombian trafficker.

Wanted for political crimes, Giorgio Pellegrini returns to Italy after years among militants in Central America. Determined to avoid prison and acquire a respectable life, he bargains with corrupt police and betrays old comrades while abandoning his former ideals.

A man whose wife has vanished turns to the Alligator rather than expose their secret involvement in sadomasochistic gatherings to police. The investigation uncovers further disappearances and a dangerous figure, while forcing the detective and his partners to confront painful memories.

Fifteen years after a robber murdered his wife and child, Silvano Contin learns that the imprisoned killer is seeking a pardon. His grief turns toward revenge, intertwining two damaged lives in questions about guilt, punishment, and the limits of justice.

Francesco Visentin discovers his fiancée dead shortly before their wedding and becomes a suspect in her murder. Searching for answers draws him into the corruption of northeastern Italy, where wealthy families, industrial decline, and criminal interests shape public life.

The kidnapping of his gangster friend's girlfriend draws Marco Buratti, the Alligator, back into an international drug investigation. Connections to an earlier theft force him and his partners to revisit a case whose consequences have never truly ended.

After eleven years as a seemingly respectable businessman, Giorgio Pellegrini discovers that his lawyer has betrayed him to organized crime. Forced to serve the syndicate, he searches for a way to escape without surrendering the comfortable life he has built.

A twelve-year-old hires the Alligator to investigate the robbery that killed a parent two years earlier. With police having found no answers, Buratti and his partners follow clues into the trafficking of gold and violent feuds among criminal gangs.

A wealthy woman secretly seeks the Alligator's help after her married lover disappears and the police abandon the case. Buratti and his associates uncover a clue leading toward Giorgio Pellegrini, bringing them into a dangerous conflict between rival survivors.

A corrupt police officer threatens to frame the Alligator and his partners unless they investigate murders connected to Giorgio Pellegrini. Drawn into their old enemy's troubles, the detectives confront blackmail and competing criminal interests while trying to protect themselves.